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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin had received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry humans on the New Shepard rocket into space on July 20.
The company was required to verify the rocket’s hardware and software worked safely during a test flight and the FAA confirmed it met regulatory requirements.
Bezos, his brother Mark, aviation pioneer Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk and three other passengers are now set to liftoff from west Texas and travel just beyond the edge of space, the Daily Mail reported.
One of the tourists is the unnamed auction winner who paid $28 million for a seat their identity is set to be revealed in the coming days.
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