Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The richest man on Earth and the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is "ready" to launch into space today.
He will blast off on Blue Origin’s sub-orbital New Shepard rocket from Texas, with his brother Mark, female astronaut Wally Funk who trained in 1961 but never went to space, as well as the company’s first customer, Dutch 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.
Speaking to the press on Monday, the quartet said they were excited for their spaceflight, which is due to take off at 2pm UK time.
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