Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin LLC launched six people to the edge of space for a few minutes on Saturday, a trip that rounded out the busiest year for human flights in more than three decades.
The company’s latest tourism flight had four paying customers on board: space-industry executive Dylan Taylor; Evan Dick, an investor; and investor Lane Bess and his child. Two guests who didn’t pay for their seats were along for the ride as well: “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, who in 1961 became the first American to reach space.
