Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin flew six tourists into space for a 10-minute ride Saturday, successfully carrying out its fifth crewed mission, AFP reported.

The white spacecraft called New Shepard lifted off with a roar from a desert spot in west Texas at 8:26am local time (1326 GMT).

The flight included engineer Katya Echazarreta, who at 26 became the youngest American woman in space. The Guadalajara native also became the first Mexican-born woman to go into space.

Her spot was sponsored by Space for Humanity, a program that seeks to democratize access to space, and selected her from among 7,000 candidates.

The crew also included the first Brazilian to go into space, Victor Correa Hespanha, as well as businessmen Hamish Harding, Jaison Robinson, Victor Vescovo, and Evan Dick.

Dick also flew on New Shepard’s third crewed flight in December.

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The capsule kept going up until it crossed the so-called Karman line at an altitude of about 100 km, which by international convention is considered the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space.

At that height, the crew experienced weightlessness for a few minutes and could observe Earth’s curvature through big windows in New Shepard.

The capsule then fell back to Earth, with three giant parachutes and retro engines helping it make a gentle landing.

This flight had been scheduled for May 20, but was delayed because of a problem with one of the spacecraft’s backup systems.

Blue Origin flew Bezos on its maiden crewed flight in July 2021, and has also flown Star Trek icon William Shatner as well as Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the first American in space.