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Lauren Sanchez said she was crying and holding Jeff Bezos' mom during Blue Origin's first manned spaceflight. Bezos was on the Blue Origin's spaceflight, which took place in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2021, Blue Origin completed its first manned spaceflight. "They were cracking jokes in the capsule, while I'm literally crying, holding his mother," Sanchez told Vogue's Chloe Malle about the launch. They were engraved with Blue Origin's motto "Gradatim Ferociter" — "step by step, ferociously."
Persons: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Blue, Bezos, Sanchez, , I'm, Vogue's Chloe Malle, MacKenzie Scott, Mark, Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Vogue, — Sanchez Organizations: Service, Origin, Vogue, National Enquirer, Wall Street Locations: Dutch
CNN —Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — is finally prepared to launch its first space tourists to the edge of the cosmos, a major step toward delivering on decades of promises. Meet the crewThis mission comes on the heels of the success of Virgin Galactic’s first commercial mission, which launched in June. Goodwin was one of the earliest ticket holders on Virgin Galactic, which opened its first sales more than a decade ago. Virgin Galactic has sold about 800 tickets, including 600 at prices up to $250,000 and another couple hundred at $450,000 per ticket. In the lead-up to 2023, Virgin Galactic had been undergoing a lengthy “enhancement” process to upgrade its flight hardware.
Persons: Richard Branson —, Keisha Schahaff, Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, Goodwin, Virgin Galactic’s, Jeff Bezos, Galactic Schahaff, Mayers, , ” Schahaff, Oliver Daemen, Bezos, don’t, , John McFall, What’s, Michael Colglazier, Virgin Galactic, Colglazier Organizations: CNN, Virgin Galactic, VSS Unity, Virgin, VSS, Galactic, Space, Humanity, University of Aberdeen, Blue, European Space Agency Locations: British, New Mexico, Antigua, American, Caribbean, Scotland
Jeff Bezos went to space last year, and his girlfriend is going next. Lauren Sánchez told CNN she plans to go to space in 2023 with "a great group of females." Lauren Sánchez told CNN in an interview published Monday that she plans to go to space sometime in 2023. Sánchez told CNN that the former Amazon CEO won't be on the spaceflight with her, but she'll be joined by "a great group of females." Bezos went to space in July 2021, on the first human spaceflight for Blue Origin, his aerospace company.
Billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin paid $8 million for a seat on a Blue Origin space flight. The $8 million Griffin paid represents a $20 million price drop from the first ticket sold for a crewed Blue Origin spaceflight — although one of the passengers on the first flight was Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. Blue Origin didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. A Blue Origin ticket includes training days, on-site accommodation at Astronaut Village in the Texas desert, and the actual flight itself, Insider previously reported. On Monday, Blue Origin announced the passengers for its fifth crewed launch to the edge of space.
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