Jeff Bezos’ flight to edge of space: Key questions answered

Jeff Bezos is set to blast off aboard his Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight as part of a history-making crew.

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, is set to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight as part of a history-making crew – another milestone in ushering in a new era of private space travel. The US billionaire and Amazon-founder is due to fly from a desert site in West Texas on a voyage nine days after British rival Richard Branson was aboard his competing space tourism company Virgin Galactic’s successful inaugural suborbital flight from New Mexico.