Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is now an astronaut. The Amazon founder, 57, blasted off in his New Shepard rocket at 9:12 a.m. ET Tuesday from West Texas on his company Blue Origin’s first commercial flight. “Best day ever!”…
Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship
Billionaire Jeff Bezos blasted into space on Tuesday, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. He was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, and an 18-year-old student.…