Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule parachutes safely down to the launch area with passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, his brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
This photo provided by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, exits the Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule after it parachuted safely down to the launch area with passengers Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)
A sign reads " Step by Step, Ferociously Go Blue Origin!" On the side of Texas State Highway Tuesday morning on the north side of Van Horn. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Spectators watch Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen fly on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 Tuesday morning approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Spectators watch Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen fly on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 Tuesday morning approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A trail from the exhaust of New Shepard 16 is seen in the sky Tuesday morning in the sky north of Van Horn. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A mural by Fernandezgraphics of Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the wall of a building Tuesday in Van Horn. Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 Tuesday morning approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A trail from the exhaust of New Shepard 16 is seen in the sky Tuesday morning in the sky north of Van Horn. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A trail from the exhaust of New Shepard 16 is seen in the sky Tuesday morning in the sky north of Van Horn. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on board the first manned flight of New Shepard 16 approximately 20 miles north of Van Horn. The journey was controlled by the craft's autonomous flight system. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
