Bid to be the first passenger on Bezos’s Blue Origin hits $2.8 million

Published May 22, 2021 12:00am ET



The first passenger to ride along a crew launch on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft will pay at least $2.8 million.

The space firm, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is auctioning off one of its six seats for its first 11-minute crewed flight set to launch July 20.

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