According to Reuters, citing a statement from the regulator, the company needed to confirm that
United States Federal Aviation AdministrationThe (FAA) required Blue Origin to verify the health of all New Shepard systems and software during a test flight in order to allow the delivery of passengers to the edge of the earth's atmosphere.
Based on the results of the tests, the FAA concluded that it complies with theIt will be valid until August 2021.
Four space tourists, including Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and his brother, are scheduled to take flightExactly one week later, on July 20. This will beThe company's first launch of its spacecraft with passengers on board, the company had previously conducted 15 tests of its suborbital spacecraft, but the passenger was a human-sized mannequin equipped with sensors.
While the cost of a suborbital flight aboard Virgin Galactic is estimated at $250,000, Blue Origin does not specify how much it will becost the flight.
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