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Wally Funk was the only endearing thing about Jeff Bezos' spaceflight
Bezos' comments after the launch made him seem out of touch and undermined the humanity-saving imag…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Virgin Galactic ticket holder who met Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk at parties said the 82-year-old had 'the energy of 6,000 labradors'
Caroline Freeland, who bought a Virgin Galactic space ticket, said she met 82-year-old Wally Funk a…
Kate Duffy
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Jeff Bezos' guest describe a short, crowded spaceflight experience: 'There was not quite enough room'
Blue Origin's first passengers gave rave reviews of the flight, but at least one of them wished it …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Meet Wally Funk, the 82-year-old female aviator on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight who's finally going to space six decades after training for it
When Wally Funk joins Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin's flight to the edge of space Tuesday, she will bec…
Sarah Jackson
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Eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed a small white rectangle on the window of the Blue Origin spacecraft. See the postcard 82-year-old astronaut Wally Funk took to space.
"That is what is going to be on the window when I go up," Wally Funk said. "I'm going to take a pic…
Grace Kay
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Wally Funk may have finally achieved her lifelong goal of visiting space, but she still plans to take the Virgin Galactic trip she paid $200,000 for over a decade ago
Funk is one of 600 people - including Elon Musk - who reserved a seat on one of Virgin Galactic's s…
Avery Hartmans
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Jeff Bezos says going on his first spaceflight felt like attending his own memorial service
"The people on the ground were very nervous for us," Bezos told podcaster Lex Fridman.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Lauren Sanchez says she was crying and holding Jeff Bezos' mother during Blue Origin's first manned spaceflight
Sanchez and Bezos' relationship first entered the public eye after the National Enquirer reported o…
Kai Xiang Teo
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Jeff Bezos' girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, says she plans to go to space next year
Sánchez, a trained helicopter pilot and founder of an aerial filming company, plans to go to space …
Sarah Jackson
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Jeff Bezos reveals that the 4th passenger on his trip to space will be an 82-year-old aviator who was denied the opportunity to go to space because she was a woman
Wally Funk will join Bezos, his younger brother Mark, and a third passenger on their 11-minute trip…
Avery Hartmans
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Meet the crew: Jeff Bezos is launching to the edge of space with his brother, an 82-year-old aviator, and a Dutch teen
If all goes according to plan, the group will lift off from Blue Origin's West Texas launchpad at a…
Avery Hartmans,Morgan McFall-…
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Jeff Bezos took Amelia Earhart's goggles, a piece of canvas from the Wright Flyer, and other priceless pieces of aviation history to space
"I like to think that if Amelia were here, she would be very proud of Wally," Bezos said, referring…
Katie Canales
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Jeff Bezos says 'you have a very happy crew up here' as he returns to Earth after a successful flight to the edge of space
The Amazon and Blue Origin founder flew on the space exploration company's first human spaceflight …
Avery Hartmans
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Jeff Bezos said he's 'excited' to see how he's 'changed' by his journey to the edge of space
"People say they go into space and they come back changed," Bezos told the "TODAY" show's Hoda Kotb…
Connor Perrett
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Here's what William Shatner would have seen on his trip to space aboard Blue Origin as his new book says it 'felt like a funeral'
Star Trek star William Shatner described the void of actual space as "ominous darkness," though he …
Taylor Rains
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Richard Branson congratulated Jeff Bezos after he reached the edge of space: 'Impressive!'
"Impressive! Very best to all the crew from me and all the team at @virgingalactic," Richard Branso…
Allana Akhtar
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has 'thousands of people in the auction process' for a ticket to space and needs to build more rockets to meet the demand, CEO says
Bob Smith also said Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is building more rockets and can "easily double" its cr…
Sarah Jackson
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Jeff Bezos and his fellow Blue Origin astronauts have started training for Tuesday's space flight. 'New Shepard is ready to fly,' the company said.
The training process for Bezos, who founded Blue Origin in 2000, and the other astronauts involves …
Connor Perrett
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Jeff Bezos just went to space, and you can too
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, is "open for ticket sales" if you want to follow in his foo…
Katie Canales
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'Austin Powers' super villain Dr. Evil was trending in connection with Jeff Bezos' trip to space, and these photos show why
The Amazon founder's space flight drew comparisons to the film comedy series of 20 years ago - and …