Jeff Bezos "Can't Wait" For Liftoff To Space. See What He Shared

The Amazon founder and the other astronauts took part in a full-scale mock training

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who is set to fly to space on July 20 in a vehicle designed by his company Blue Origin, has shared a video on Instagram of the ongoing preparation. Mr Bezos said that he and his team have been practicing full missions in the New Shepard spacecraft's training simulator ahead of the launch. "Can't wait for liftoff,” he captioned the post and used the hashtag, ‘GradatimFerociter', meaning “step by step, ferociously”, which is also the motto of Blue Origin. The video showed Mr Bezos and other soon-to-be astronauts getting a full-scale mock-up training to get acquainted with the machine and the environment they would soon find themselves in. From the beginning, New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line so none of our astronauts have an asterisk next to their name. For 96% of the world's population, space begins 100 km up at the internationally recognized Kármán line. pic.twitter.com/QRoufBIrUJ “Feels good to be in the flight suit,” said the Amazon founder as he entered the training simulator area in an all-blue attire. Here's the video: