Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of his company Blue Origin in July

June 08, 2021

Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger flight of his space company Blue Origin, which the company plans to launch on July 20, the billionaire announced Monday. "I want to go on this flight because it's the thing I've wanted to do all my life," Bezos said in a video posted to his Instagram. Bezos' brother Mark will join him, as will the winner of an auction being held for one of the seats. "I wasn't even expecting him to say that he was going to be on the first flight," Mark Bezos said in the video. "What a remarkable opportunity, not only to have this adventure but to do it with my best friend."