https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/bezos-riding-own-rocket-on-companys-1st-flight-with-people/ > VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Jeff Bezos is about to soar on his space travel company’s first flight with people on board. > The founder of Blue Origin as well as Amazon on Tuesday will become the second billionaire to ride his own rocket. He’ll launch from West Texas with his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer from Texas — the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet.