When Blue Origin's New Shepard made its seventh test flight on December 12, it not only carried the latest version of the company's Crew Capsule 2.0, but also its first dozen commercial payloads under full US FAA license. The payloads, which ranged from artworks to medical experiments, were lofted into space at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) during the 11 minute flight where they were subjected to three minutes of free fall.
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