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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos posted a photo on Instagram standing next to his space company New Shepard suborbital rocket amplifier after a successful flight test Wednesday.
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In a short caption, the billionaire wrote: ‘It’s time. # GradatimFerociter. ‘ Gradadtim Ferociter is the motto of Blue Origin and is Latin for the phrase: “Step by Step, Ferociously.”
Bezos also included two videos of the 15th consecutive mission in space, called NS-15.
In this image from a video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard capsule uses parachutes to land during a test in West Texas on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)
The unmanned New Shepard struck off a loading dock in West Texas at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday.
“Congratulations to the entire Blue Origin team on another successful #NewShepard launch. #GraddatimFerociter,” Blue Origin tweeted following the boost and capsule.
In an accompanying news release, Blue Origin said the ten-minute, ten-second test flight was used to “practice astronaut movements and operations for future flights with customers on board” and that the launch step was a “verification step” before they flew. with astronauts on board.
“For the first time, Blue Origin staff members, who came in as astronauts, entered the capsule before launch. These astronauts performed a series of tests from within the capsule, including a commission investigation with the capsule communicator (CAPCOM “, procedures for the entry and exit of the capsule and preparations for the launch inside the capsule,” it wrote. “After landing the crew capsule, the astronauts practiced procedures after flight, opened the hatch and left the capsule.”
In this photo provided by Blue Origin, Audrey Powers gives a thumbs up in the New Shepard rocket capsule during a crew exercise in West Texas on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Two employees were trapped in the powered rocket for exercise
However, it is noted that the capsule Mannequin Skywalker was on board, while more than 25,000 postcards of the organization’s non-profit club for the future were on board, while the capsule was unmanned.
In the future, Blue Origin aims to launch as many as six civilian passengers and The Verge reported on Wednesday that the New Shepard missions are gradually testing new hardware to cater to humans.
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Although the company did not announce when it will fly people for the first time, human test flights were initially expected late last year.
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Bezos announced in February that he would step down from his position as CEO of Amazon and move on to a role as executive chairman of the board of the e-commerce giant.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.