projections of $115.07 billion, while Amazon’s $15.12 earnings per share was more than the $12.22 EPS analysts had projected. The $113 billion was still a 27% improvement from the year-ago quarter and a record for a June quarter.
20.07.2021 - 17:27 / etcanada.com
Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his civilian crewmates returned to the Earth’s surface safely after rocketing into space Tuesday aboard his Blue Origin spacecraft.
The crew launched from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One facility in West Texas at 9 a.m. ET and were in flight for 11 minutes. Bezos’ trip comes nine days after Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson flew to about 85 kilometres in the air aboard a rocket ship he helped fund.
Global News will stream the launch at 9 a.m. ET in the video above.
projections of $115.07 billion, while Amazon’s $15.12 earnings per share was more than the $12.22 EPS analysts had projected. The $113 billion was still a 27% improvement from the year-ago quarter and a record for a June quarter.
On Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon had some fun at Jeff Bezos’ expense, roasting the billionaire’s recent trip to space.
Jeff Bezos had his loved ones, including girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, waiting on the ground when he landed from his space flight!
Mashable article highlighting the indignities Amazon employees were forced to endure.“I know this space tourism is really exciting for some,” McCain tweeted.
Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk may physically be back on Earth, but mentally she’s still on clould nine. The 82-year-old iconic space aviator was onboard Jeff Bezos‘ 6-foot-tall New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin that jetted off into space (and back!) on Tuesday, July 20.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 57, took a major step to help pave the way for space travel on Tuesday July 20. His family was ready to greet him when he stepped out of the capsule of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, after landing back in Texas. After stepping off the rocket, he gave his mom Jacklyn, 74, and his sons hugs. His girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 51, gave the Amazon executive chairman a big hug and kiss.
Jeff Bezos streaked into space Tuesday on a thrilling 10-minute up-and-down flight, a high-tech joyride that sets the stage for the start of commercial passenger service later this year.Competing head to head with fellow billionaire Richard Branson, who flew into space aboard his Virgin Galactic rocketplane July 11, Bezos blasted off with his brother Mark and two history-making passengers: 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest person to fly in space, and Oliver Daemen, an
Amazon founder strapped himself into Blue Origin’s sub-orbital New Shepard rocket from a space station in Texas today. Alongside him was brother Mark, astronaut Wally Funk and Blue Origin’s first customer Oliver Daemon - who has become the youngest person in space.
UPDATE 06:22AM PT: Bezos is back. The billionaire’s craft has successfully touched down in the Texas desert after what appeared to be a seamless 10-minute journey. A cowboy hat-sporting Bezos was seen giving a thumbs up to Blue Origin workers who drove out to retrieve him and his fellow passengers, who were his brother Mark, 82-year-old pilot Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.
The richest man in the world has officially launched into space. Jeff Bezos continued the Billionaire Space Race on Tuesday (July 20).
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAmazon founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers successfully reached the lower regions of space in New Shepard, a re-usable craft developed by the entrepreneur’s Blue Origin aerospace company, a new step in efforts to commercialize space flight and open potential trips to the cosmos to a broader array of visitors.Bezos was joined in his quest by his brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old who previously took part in NASA’s Mercury program, but was
Jeff Bezos went to space!
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