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Blue Origin has now flown 26 people on five flights.
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The New Shepard rocket, carrying UAE adventurer Hamish Harding and five other passengers, takes off to the edge of space on Saturday. All photos: Blue Origin screenshots
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Mr Harding with his fellow passengers, before Saturday's flight carried out by Blue Origin.
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The fully reusable suborbital vehicle lifted off at 5.26pm, UAE time, carrying the crew capsule towards the final frontier.
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Once the spacecraft separated from the booster at 5.29pm, it reached 106 kilometres above the ground, bringing the passengers a few minutes of weightlessness as well as stunning views of Earth and the darkness of space.
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The New Shepard reusable booster lands in a Texan desert after capsule separation.
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This was Blue Origin's fifth human spaceflight.
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The reusable New Shepard booster successfully lands near the launch site.
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The crew capsule descends to the ground under three parachutes.
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The crew capsule touches down in a Texas desert, near the launch site.
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Mr Harding said that he wanted to go to space since the age of 5, after watching videos of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon.
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The crew exit the capsule after the successful suborbital flight.
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Blue Origin has now flown 26 people on five flights.
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The New Shepard rocket, carrying UAE adventurer Hamish Harding and five other passengers, takes off to the edge of space on Saturday. All photos: Blue Origin screenshots
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Mr Harding with his fellow passengers, before Saturday's flight carried out by Blue Origin.
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The fully reusable suborbital vehicle lifted off at 5.26pm, UAE time, carrying the crew capsule towards the final frontier.
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Once the spacecraft separated from the booster at 5.29pm, it reached 106 kilometres above the ground, bringing the passengers a few minutes of weightlessness as well as stunning views of Earth and the darkness of space.
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The New Shepard reusable booster lands in a Texan desert after capsule separation.
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This was Blue Origin's fifth human spaceflight.
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The reusable New Shepard booster successfully lands near the launch site.
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The crew capsule descends to the ground under three parachutes.
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The crew capsule touches down in a Texas desert, near the launch site.
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Mr Harding said that he wanted to go to space since the age of 5, after watching videos of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon.
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The crew exit the capsule after the successful suborbital flight.
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Blue Origin has now flown 26 people on five flights.
UAE space tourist tells of exhilarating launch on Blue Origin flight
Hamish Harding described the intense G-force he felt as the rocket carried him to the edge of space, and seeing Earth from above
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Sarwat Nasir
05 June, 2022
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