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Blue Origin to launch Jeff Bezos into space on company's 1st human flight
VAN HORN, Texas - Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is set to blast off into space on Tuesday with its founder Jeff Bezos and others in what will be the company’s first-ever astronaut flight.Bezos, the founder of the aerospace company as well as Amazon, will launch from West Texas. He’ll be joined by his brother, Mark, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen from the Netherlands and 82-year-old female aviation pioneer Wally Funk. Daemen and Funk will become the youngest and oldest people who have ever gone to space. "We’re ready.