The richest man on the planet, American Jeff Bezos, took off for space on Tuesday aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, according to live images provided by his space tourism company.
The New Shepard thruster, with a capsule at its top carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers, took off from the company's space base in the Texas desert at 08:11 local time (13:11 GMT), a few minutes late on the day. schedule, and should reach space after a few minutes of ascent.
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