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Blue Origin, a company that is slated to become a part of the emerging space economy and backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is about to make history by attempting its first crewed flight in July.

As per an Instagram post by Jeff Bezos, the spaceflight company's first crewed flight will take place on the 20th of July. Crucially, the flight will also carry Mr. Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and founder of Blue Origin. This means that he will become the first billionaire to ever venture into space, far ahead of Richard Branson, who is slated to achieve this feat in one of Virgin Galactic’s (NYSE:SPCE) upcoming test flights. It should be noted that Mr. Bezos will resign from the post of Amazon’s CEO ahead of this historic flight.