New York (CNN Business) A rocket built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin carried its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space, including the first-ever Mexican-born woman to make such a journey. The organization's goal is to send "exceptional leaders" to space and allow them to experience the overview effect, a phenomenon frequently reported by astronauts who say that viewing the Earth from space give them a profound shift in perspective. Echazarreta told CNN Business that she experienced that overview effect "in my own way." "And the only thing I could think of when I came back down was that I need people to see this. And I think that it just completely reinforced my mission to continue getting primarily women and people of color up to space and doing whatever it is they want to do."

Source: CNN June 05, 2022 13:47 UTC