Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will fly to space in July in New Shepherd, Blue Origin’s first manned spacecraft,
Jeff Bezos flight will also include his brother and the person winning the ongoing auction for space travel.
On Monday, Jeff Bezos told on Instagram that the New Shepherd spacecraft will leave on July 20. July 20 marks the anniversary of Apollo’s landing on the Moon.
The spacecraft will take off from Texas. Bezos said in early February that he was stepping down as CEO of Amazon to focus more on Blue Origin.
A seat auction to go by New Shepherd ends on Saturday. 6000 people from 143 countries have participated in this auction. There is a bid of $ 28 million (about 200 million) for the winner.
I had a childhood dream to go to space In an Instagram post,
he wrote that going to space was his dream since the age of five. Jeff Bezos wrote that on July 20, he will go on an adventure with his brother.
Earlier in May, Bezos’s space company made a big announcement and launched new flights. Each of these flights was capable of taking 6 people into space.
Everyone is shocked after this announcement by Jeff Bezos.
In fact, Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk keep updating their preparations from time to time regarding space projects,
but Jeff Bezos has left him behind. Billionaire Bezos will be the first richest person to step into space. Auction for the first space journey
Now let’s also know about the auction.
According to the company, the auction on BlueOrigin.com was conducted in three parts. In the first phase, from May 5 to May 19,
people were allowed to bid any amount on the website. After May 19, the bids are sealed and on June 12,
Blue Origin will conduct a live auction to announce the winner. This auction is being held for the first space journey.
The company said the money raised will be donated to Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, which promotes STEM education initiatives.
