The New Shephard is Blue Origin’s-a Jeff Bezos’s space company, rocket system meant to take tourists to space.
- Recently the Blue Origin concluded the online auction for the first seat on the New Shephard.
- Over 7,600 people registered from 159 countries to bid for this seat, which ultimately went for a winning bid of $28 million.
- The winning bidder will get to fly aboard New Shephard along with Bezos and his brother, when it takes its first human flight on July 20, which marks the 52nd anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon landing.
- New Shephard has been named after astronaut Alan Shephard – the first American to go to space – and offers flights to space over 100 km above the Earth and accommodation for payloads.
(Source: The Indian Express)
