By Sally Beauvais
Private space flight company Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from West Texas Wednesday afternoon, marking the twelfth test flight for the reusable rocket.
Wednesday’s launch lasted just over 10 minutes, with a maximum velocity of more than 2,200 miles per hour and an estimated peak altitude of around 343,000 feet.
The test flight, which was carrying several experiments, had no passengers on board. But Blue Origin —owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos —is aiming to change that in the near future.
During today's flight, the company's director of sales Ariane Cornell said Blue Origin was getting close to flying passengers into space. Blue Origin also announced plans earlier this year to land astronauts on the moon as a part of NASA’s Artemis program.
You can watch Wednesday's Blue Origin launch below.
