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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin takes 80-year-old adventurer on flight into space

Jeff Bezos blasts 80‑year‑old thrill‑seeker into space on Blue Origin’s latest rocket ride
  • An 80-year-old thrill-seeker, Arvinder “Arvi” Singh Bahal, was among the crew on the latest rocket ride operated by Jeff BezosBlue Origin.
  • The space tourism mission, known as NS-34, was the 34th flight for the New Shepard programme.
  • The 10-minute journey, which also included cryptocurrency billionaire Justin Sun, launched on Sunday.
  • Sun had previously bid $28 million for his seat on the flight.
  • Watch the video in full above.
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