Glenn took the first human-shot photo of the Earth from space

The space exploration business Blue Origin, created in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, was criticized for making Shatner's journey feasible.

Bezos, the billionaire founder of the online retail behemoth Amazon, may have achieved his meteoric success by destroying the social and economic fabric of communities around the world. He has come under fire for investing billions in the space tourism sector rather than enhancing the environment on Earth. Additionally criticized as a financial waste of money was the human space program of the 1960s and 1970s, which was jointly managed by the US and Russia. The first view of the Earth from orbit, in all its glorious isolation, was a tremendous and unexpected bonus, though. Also Glenn took the first human-shot photo of the Earth from space.

The Apollo 8 crew was the first to glimpse and photograph the entire planet during their flight around the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. From a quarter of a million miles away, the Earth’s unique beauty and vulnerability became apparent like never before. It was a panoramic view of Florida from the Georgia border. His first words back to NASA were, “This is Friendship 7. Can see clear back a big cloud pattern way back across towards the Cape. Beautiful sight.”