Jeff Bezos is selling tickets to board a rocket ship into space
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Blue Origins, the aerospace company backed by Jeff Bezos, will begin selling tickets to board its New Shepard rocket ship into the cosmos.
The company hasn't revealed how much tickets will cost, but said more details will land May 5. The spacecraft itself, known as New Shepard, is a 60-foot suborbital rocket-capsule that travels at Mach 3 and is designed to fit six people inside. A video posted on Twitter on Thursday shows New Shepard landing safely back on Earth after a recent flight. Blue Origin has created an online sign-up page for people seeking a ticket.Pennsylvania was a pivotal state in the 2020 presidential election, sealing Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump after four days of vote counting. So it's no surprise the Keystone State is again front and center this election cycle, with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump investing time and resources there ahead of Election Day.
Reporter killed in restaurant she owns hours after journalist shot dead in separate attack in Mexico
The U.N. human rights office in Mexico said Wednesday journalists in Mexico need more protection, after gunmen killed a journalist whose Facebook news page covered the violent western Mexico state of Michoacan. Then less than 24 hours later an entertainment reporter in the western city of Colima was killed inside a restaurant she owned.