Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket into space next month, joining the first crew to fly in a Blue Origin capsule. Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO on July 5 — just 15 days before liftoff — to spend more time on his space company as well as his newspaper, The Washington Post. Bezos is seen inside a Blue Origins crew capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., in April 2017. SpaceX's Elon Musk — who's already transported 10 astronauts to the International Space Station over the past year — has yet to commit to a space flight. The auction will conclude Saturday, with the winning amount donated to Club for the Future, Blue Origin's education foundation.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2021 13:09 UTC