Bezos riding own rocket on company's 1st flight with people

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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is about to soar on his space travel company’s first flight. Bezos will launch from Texas with his brother, an 18-year-old and an 82-year-old -- the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket sits on a spaceport launch pad near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The rocket that is scheduled to launch later this morning will carry passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, his brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is set to blast off with its eclectic group of passengers on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Bezos’ parents and other family members were on hand for the launch. Bezos’ dream-come-true trip follows 15 successful test flights to space by New Shepard rockets since 2015, all of them unoccupied. If successful, Blue Origin plans two more passenger flights by year’s end.

 

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82 years oli is too fragile to space! 🤦‍♀️

Jeff Bezos launched into space. Free re-entry with Amazon Prime.

People are still dying of Covid. Who cares about this?

Calling these people astronauts is an insult to the true astronaut that pioneers Space.

The space roller coaster worked.

BREAKING: Jeff Bezos has blasted off on his space company’s first flight with people on board. He’s the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket.

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