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60 years after first American travels to space, tourists now lining up for out of this world trips
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2814" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://whnt.com/news/60-years-after-first-american-travels-to-space-tourists-now-lining-up-for-out-of-this-world-trips/" target="_blank"><strong>60 years after first American travels to space, tourists now lining up for out of this world trips - WHNT</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.</p><p></p><p>Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company is finally opening ticket sales for short hops from Texas launched by a rocket named New Shepard. <a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/" target="_blank">Details are coming</a> Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of Shepard’s Mercury flight.</p><p></p><p>Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic aims to kick off tourist flights next year, just as soon as he straps into his space-skimming, plane-launched rocketship for a test run from the New Mexico base.</p><p></p><p>And Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch a billionaire and his sweepstakes winners in September. That will be followed by a flight by three businessmen to the International Space Station in January.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2814, member: 1"] [URL='https://whnt.com/news/60-years-after-first-american-travels-to-space-tourists-now-lining-up-for-out-of-this-world-trips/'][B]60 years after first American travels to space, tourists now lining up for out of this world trips - WHNT[/B][/URL] Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company is finally opening ticket sales for short hops from Texas launched by a rocket named New Shepard. [URL='https://www.blueorigin.com/']Details are coming[/URL] Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of Shepard’s Mercury flight. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic aims to kick off tourist flights next year, just as soon as he straps into his space-skimming, plane-launched rocketship for a test run from the New Mexico base. And Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch a billionaire and his sweepstakes winners in September. That will be followed by a flight by three businessmen to the International Space Station in January. [/QUOTE]
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