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>> i'm going to be in that window! >> reporter: joining bezos on this historic flight, his brother mark and 82-year-old wally funk. >> wally! >> reporter: funk trained in the 1960s to become one of america's first female astronauts, but never got her chance to blast off until now. >> i couldn't be better. >> reporter: she will become the oldest person to fly into space. >> oliver! welcome. >> reporter: while 18-year-old oliver daemon will become the youngest to exit the atmosphere. and the first paying civilian aboard a commercial spacecraft. >> i've been dreaming about this all my life. >> re...

Around the world. this is "cnn newsroom."hes around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." hello, everyone. we are just five hours away from seeing the world's richest man blast off into space. the 11 minute flight is the latest attempt to really up the stakes in the race to make commercial space tourism a reality. bezos will be the latest billionaire to space, richard branson flew there nine days ago. joining bezos is his brother mark and 82-year-old wally funk who was one of mercury 13 women, and also 18-year-old oliver daemen.