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Blue Origin's Latest Launch Sends Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun to Space After He Bid $28M
Six more people have gone to space thanks to Blue Origin. The space technology company, founded by Jeff Bezos, brought another crew to space on Sunday, August, 3, including cryptocurrency billionaire Justin Sun. The mission — known as NS-34 —was the 34th flight for the New Shepard program, according to the Blue Origin website. The crew launched from West Texas on the New Shepard rocket at 8:43 a.m. local time, per Blue Origin’s X. Another post confirmed that the flight controllers "confirmed capsule separation" about three minutes later, which means the crew experienced "weightlessness." "Crew Capsule apogee ... (full story)