Mário Ferreira is the first Portuguese to arrive in space

Mario Ferreira. The first Portuguese to go to space has a trip scheduled for today

Espaço, Mário Ferreira, | It is not known for certain the amount that the businessman paid for the trip that will last 10 minutes, but some point to between 195 and 293 thousand euros. Mário Ferreira is accompanied by five other crew members and has been testing in recent days. Astronomer Miguel Gonçalves speaks of 'white envy': “Envy because it's not me in your place but white because, if it's not me, then let it be another Portuguese”.

Mário Ferreira is the first Portuguese to arrive in space

Mário Ferreira will become the first Portuguese space tourist

Autonomous and reusable capsule New Shepard from the company Blue Origin, where five more crew members follow, will take off this Thursday from the Texas desert with the launch “window” scheduled to start at 14:30 (Lisbon time).

Mário Ferreira will be the first Portuguese to go to space

Already in 2006, I had bought a ticket for space - on a trip that never materialized. Now, the Portuguese businessman will really be the first Portuguese in space, when he takes off this Thursday, aboard a Blue Origin rocket.