
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos efficiently flew to house in July 2021 alongside his half-sibling Mark Bezos, aviator Wally Funk, and Olivier Daemen.
After they returned to Earth, he stated: “Greatest day ever.”
The corporate’s first human flight earned 4 Guinness World Data after the rocket crossed the Kármán line. The Bezos brothers turned the primary siblings to go to house on the similar time, whereas Wally, who was 82 years and 169 days outdated on the time, was acknowledged because the oldest particular person to go to house.
Olivier, who was 18 years and 334 days outdated throughout the flight, was additionally named because the youngest particular person to journey to house.
The July 2021 mission turned the primary suborbital spacecraft to hold paying prospects, in line with the Guinness World Data.
“My expectations have been excessive they usually have been dramatically exceeded,” Jeff stated in a post-launch press convention, including Earth’s environment is “truly extremely skinny. It is one factor to acknowledge that intellectually. It is one other factor to see with your individual eyes how fragile it’s.”

