The highlights from Blue Origin's first space tourism mission were shown in a video.
The six passengers, a mix of business people and specialists in the space industry, took their seats inside a capsule atop Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket at the company's facility in West Texas on Thursday, March.
The company has had four crewed missions since Blue Origin boss and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took the first passenger flight in July last year.
The tourists were blasted to about four miles above the Kármán line, the point 62 miles above Earth that is generally regarded as the start of space.
The rocket reached a top speed of 2,236 mph, while the capsule and its passengers reached an altitude of just over 66 miles.
The passengers were able to leave their seats around three minutes into the 10-minute experience. Stunning views of Earth were part of the package. The passengers experienced a parachute-assisted descent after climbing back into their seats.
After returning to terra firma, Dr. George Nield said that it was amazing.
Blue Origin was the first crewed flight of the year and also the first to not include an invited celebrity on its passenger list. Pete Davidson was supposed to be on board but he pulled out when Blue Origin changed the launch date due to poor weather.
Star Trek legend William Shatner took the ride to the edge of space on the second Blue Origin mission, while Good Morning America co- host and former pro football player Michael Strahan was on the third flight.
It is not known how much the Blue Origin passengers paid for the privilege of traveling beyond the line, though if it is close to what Virgin Galactic is charging for a similar experience.
Three tourists are going to the International Space Station for a 10-day trip, and they paid a lot of money.
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