Best day ever: Jeff Bezos after first unpiloted suborbital flight

Worlds richest man Jeff Bezos has landed back on Earth after successfully completing the firstever unpiloted suborbital flight that made history with the youngest and oldest person to spaceBezos flew beyond the Karman line 100 kms above the ground and the internationally recognised boundary of space on board his company Blue Origins fully automated and reusable New Shepard rocket The mission lasted 10 minutes and 10 secondsHe was accompanied by his brother Mark 82yearold female aviator Wally Funk and an 18yearold physics student Oliver Daemen from the Netherlands on the first human flight of the New Shepard rocket NS16 which launched from Launch Site One in West Texas a little over 9 am EDT 630 pm ISTBest day ever said Bezos after touchdownAlso read Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocketAmazing I dont know how to put it into words it was peaceful and calm he told CNNs Anderson Cooper after his flightThe experience is huge for space exploration Bezos said adding Blue Origins mission is to build roads to space for future generationsWe should protect Earth and push heavy industries out of Earth and safeguard it Its going to take many decades thoughBooster touchdown Third successful landing for this rocket and the first to carry four private citizens to space above the Karman Line Blue Origin shared in a tweetThe fivestoreytall New Shepard rocket named after the first American in space Alan Shepard is designed to launch a crew capsule with seats for six roughly 340000 feet into the sky toward the edge of space The booster is topped by a gumdropshaped Crew Capsule with space for six passengers inside and large windowsAfter reaching the Karman line the capsule detached from the booster allowing those inside to view the curvature of the earth and experience weightlessness The booster and capsule then landed separately with the capsule landing in the west Texas desert with the help of parachutesCongratulations to the BlueOrigin team on the first human flight of NewShepard We look forward to future flights with researchers and NASAsupported technology payloads aboard US Space agency NASA tweetedBezos flight follows Richard Bransons flight to the edge of space aboard his company Virgin Galactics VSS Unity on July 11 Bransons flight however did not go beyond the Karman Line It climbed nearly 86 kilometres above the Earths surfaceWell done blueorigin jeffbezos Mark Wally and Oliver Impressive Very best to all the crew from me and all the team at virgingalactic Branson tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever