FAA Approves Bezos’ Blue Origin for Crewed Space Travel Written 13 July 2021

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Blue Origin New Shepard launch. | Credit: Blue Origin–©

Reuters reports that the FAA announced Monday that it is approving Blue Origin’s application to carry humans into space on the New Shepard launch system. The license “is valid through August and is approved to conduct these missions from its Launch Site One facility in Texas.” Fox Business reports that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos “is scheduled to fly into space on July 20 on New Shepard’s 16th flight.”
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