{"id":22475,"date":"2021-10-02T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T11:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-new-shepard-flight-broke-four-world-records-and-now-its-guinness-official\/"},"modified":"2021-10-02T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T11:57:02","slug":"jeff-bezos-new-shepard-flight-broke-four-world-records-and-now-its-guinness-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-new-shepard-flight-broke-four-world-records-and-now-its-guinness-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos\u2019 New Shepard flight broke four world records, and now it\u2019s Guinness official"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeff Bezos launched into space on a New Shepard rocket back in July. That was a record-breaking flight in multiple regards, but now Guinness World Records made it official.<\/p>\n

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There are four records that Blue Origin\u2019s flight broke. The first (and perhaps most widely reported) was the oldest person to fly in space.<\/p>\n

Oldest person in space<\/h2>\n

Wally Funk, at 82, is the oldest person to ever fly in space. Wally Funk worked hard to become an Astronaut in the 1960s but society held her and others back.<\/p>\n

In the 1960s, women were not able to become Astronauts, but the Women in Space program was created, without Government sponsorship, for women to undergo the same rigorous physical and mental testing as the Male Astronaut candidates. There were 13 women who graduated through the program and were dubbed the \u201cMercury 13\u201d in reference to the Mercury 7.<\/p>\n

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