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Billionaire Jeff Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt

By Eric M. Johnson

Jul 21 2021 5:48AM

Helps usher in a new era of space tourism.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt

Image credit: Jeff Bezos/Instagram.

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, soared some 107 km above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps usher in a new era of space tourism. "Best day ever," ...

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