Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos will be flying to space next month, July 20.
Gatekeepers News reports that Jeff Bezos will be traveling to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin.
“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space,” said Bezos who would fly just 15 days after he is set to resign as CEO of Amazon and transition to the executive chairman role.
“On July 20th, I will take that journey with my brother. The greatest adventure, with my best friend,” the 57-year-old said in an Instagram post seen by Gatekeepers News on Monday.
Bezos’ younger brother, Mark Bezos, will also join the flight, according to Blue Origin.
Bezos, the world’s richest person with a net worth of $187 billion, will be the first of the billionaire space tycoons to experience a ride aboard the rocket technology, if he eventually travel as planned.
Gatekeepers News reports that Blue Origin’s flight crewed flight will see the company’s six-seater capsule and 59-foot rocket tear toward the edge of space on a 11-minute flight that’ll reach more than 60 miles above Earth.
In May, Blue Origin announced that it was set to put the first passengers in a New Shepard capsule after six years of extensive and often secretive testing of the rocket and capsule.
The company has not declared the amount for regular tickets but Blue Origin said one seat will be given to the winner of a month-long auction that’s currently in progress.
The bidding was at $2.8 million Monday morning but it hit $3.2 million after Blue Origin’s announcement, according to reports.
Blue Origin was founded by Bezos in 2000, and the company conducted more than a dozen test flights with no one on board at Blue Origin’s facilities in rural Texas, about 70 miles from Marfa.
