The winning bidder will fly to the edge of space with the Amazon founder and his brother Mark on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctioned off a seat on its upcoming first crewed spaceflight for $28 million on Saturday.
The winning bidder,whose name wasn’t released, will fly to the edge of space with the Amazon founder and his brother Mark on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket scheduled to launch on July 20. The company said it will reveal the name of the auction winner in the coming weeks.
Bidding opened at $4.8 million but surpassed $20 million within the first few minutes of the auction. The auction’s proceeds will be donated to Blue Origin’s education-focused nonprofit Club for the Future, which supports kids interested in future STEM careers.
