The eldest daughter of pioneering US astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket on Saturday, 60 years after her late father’s famed suborbital Nasa flight at the dawn of the Space Age. The Blue Origin crew, from left: Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick. Churchley was one of two honorary, non-paying guest passengers chosen by Blue Origin for Saturday’s flight. The Besses made history as the first parent-child pair to fly in space together, according to Blue Origin. The launch marks the third space tourism flight for Blue Origin, the company Bezos, founder and executive chairman of retail giant Amazon.com, formed two decades ago, and the company’s first with a crew of six passengers.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2021 00:47 UTC