Jeff Bezos Will Spend Just 3 Minutes in Space, With No Pilot
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Blue Origin Bezos, his brother, and an auction winner will experience weightlessness for three minutes. This spaceflight will be unlike any prior US launch, with no pilot and possibly no spacesuits. Jeff Bezos is preparing to rocket into space on July 20, but he won't be there for very long. With Earth shining outside the windows, Bezos will float around the cabin of his company's New Shepard spaceship for just three minutes before he has to strap into his seat again and fall back to the ground. Blue Origin, the rocket company th...