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Article content Branson, one of six Virgin Galactic Holding Inc employees strapped in for the ride, has touted the mission as a precursor to a new era of space tourism, with the company he founded in 2004 poised to begin commercial operations next year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson soars to space aboard rocket plane Back to video “We’re here to make space more accessible to all,” an exuberant Branson, 70, said shortly after embracing his grandchildren following the flight. “Welcome to the dawn of a...

A single-seat aboard the New Shepard crew capsule, dubbed the RSS First Step Crew Capsule, went up for auction earlier this month, starting with a sealed bidding round that drew "more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries".

About a month ago, the highest bid for a seat on Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to space was $2.8 million, and there were at the time some 5,000 people who had bid for the honor. That number stayed up there for a very long time, until it miraculously morphed into ten times more, $28 million, this weekend. 

WASHINGTON, June 13 — A mystery bidder paid US$28 million at auction yesterday for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire’s company Blue Origin next month. The Amazon founder revealed this week that both he and his brother Mark would take seats on...

Washington, June 13 Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin's month-long auction for a trip to the edge of space aboard New Shepard has ended with a closing price of $28 million, the m