Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding

FILE PHOTO: A helicopter flies over a building featuring Blue Origin's logo near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the edge of space since the company's suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its space tourism business.

Six people seated in a capsule atop Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket were expected to liftoff sometime from 9:30 a.m. ET from the company's Van Horn, Texas launch facilities.