Blue Origin launched from West Texas today( July 20) on what was an exhilarating day for the space tourism industry.... Multibillionaire Jeff Bezos blasted off just after 2pm BST( 9am EDT) aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.... The former Amazon CEO was joined by his brother Mark, an 18-year-old student and guest-of-honour Wally Funk. After Sir Richard Branson earned his astronaut wings at the age of 70 on July 11, Mr Bezos, 57, followed suit. The Amazon mastermind became today the second