The crew will orbit Earth every 90 minutes along a customized flight path that will be carefully monitored by SpaceX mission control.
Bezos' tweet comes as Blue Origin is suing NASA over a $2.9 billion Human Landing System contract awarded to SpaceX's Starship spacecraft in April for the agency's Artemis Program. .The lawsuit comes after protests by Blue Origin and Dynetics, which accused NASA of giving preferential treatment to SpaceX during the HLS selection process, were denied by the Government Accountability Office in July.Blue Origin has released a revised infographic attacking Starship, claiming the spacecraft would be an "immensely complex and high risk" for NASA due to the fact that it has "never flown to orbit and is still being designed." Blue Origin also claims (Blue Origin).NASA confirmed in August that work under the Human Landing System contract would be temporarily paused after parties agreed to resolve the litigation with Blue Origin by NovThough Blue Origin did not receive NASA's HLS contract, the company has been awarded a $25.6 million contract to develop moon lander concepts for future Artemis missionsMarket data provided by Factset