Jeff Bezos Lifts Off on Inaugural Space Voyage
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On Tuesday morning, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lifted off with three other people from West Texas to travel to the edge of space. They then descended to the ground guided by a parachute.
The flight was a milestone for Bezos, even though it did not enter orbit. Nine days earlier, businessman Richard Branson was aboard Virgin Galactic's inaugural suborbital flight from New Mexico.
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