History Made In Texas As Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin ‘New Shepard’ Crew Takes Spaceflight

VAN HORN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket blasted off from Van Horn, Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, his brother and the oldest and youngest travelers into space all relished the 10+ minute out-of-this-world adventure.
There had been more than a dozen unmanned test flights, but today’s launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft was the first to carry passengers. The r