In 2017, anyone will be able to purchase tickets for a suborbital passenger flight, an official representative in the rocket and space industry told the media. A spokesman said: "In 2017, according to plans, Blue Origin may begin selling tickets for suborbital flights."
Prior to that, there were rumors that the reusable suborbital ship New Shepard from Blue Origin made its fourth successful flight on June 19th of this year.
The device was sent from a test site in Texas at 17:36 Moscow time and rose to an altitude of one hundred and one kilometers, the rocket returned to Earth. At 17:43, landing vertically. At 17:46, the capsule of the ship landed on two parachutes, and they will be flying in it in the near future.
The flight was not manned, but there was cargo on board to test the rescue system in the event of an emergency.
In November last year, flight tests of the ship began, then it climbed to an altitude of 100.5 kilometers, and after the capsule separated, it successfully landed. After that, the tests were organized twice: in January and April, and both tests ended well.
Apostolova-Polishchuk Nadezhda