18-year-old joining Blue Origin's 1st passenger spaceflight, becoming youngest person to go to space Share Updated: 10:47 PM EDT Jul 15, 2021 By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer 18-year-old joining Blue Origin's 1st passenger spaceflight, becoming youngest person to go to space Share Updated: 10:47 PM EDT Jul 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Listen to this, A 2020 high school graduate is just days away from becoming the youngest astronaut. Oliver Damon is his name july 20th. He's going to join Jeff Bezos on Blue Origins, New Shepard Mission. Oliver was originally set to be on the second flight. An auction winner paid $28 million dollars for a ticket first flight and then had a scheduling conflict and canceled. Oliver says, this is extreme Come true. I am super excited to go to space and joining them on the flight. I've been dreaming about this all my life now become the youngest astronaut effort because I'm 18 years old. Blue Words and described Oliver as its first paying customer. No official word on how much his ticket cost more than 28 million. He's going to join amazon's founder bas owes his brother, Mark and Wally Funk. On july 20th Funk, a lifelong pilot, is set to become the oldest person in space 82 years old.