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Bezos Becomes Second Rich Man to Take Joyride in Space

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The Amazon founder and richest man on Earth blasted into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket Tuesday morning.

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The world’s richest man was blasted into space on his own rocket Tuesday morning with his brother, an octogenarian aviation pioneer, and a Dutch teen who graduated high school last year.

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos lifted off at 9:11 a.m.

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