Jeff Bezos will fly to the edge of space with his brother next month
Jeff Bezos is headed into space, and he's taking his brother with him.
The Amazon CEO announced the news via a video on Instagram (below). In it, he says he and his brother Mark will be launching into space on July 20th aboard a rocket built by Bezos' space company Blue Origin. The firm announced in May it would be targeting this date for a first crewed flight, but did not say that Bezos himself would be taking part.
In the Instagram video, Bezos says that taking a journey into space has been a lifelong dream for him, and that it will be meaningful" to have his brother along for the ride.
View this post on Instagram
You see the earth from space and it...