After Jeff Bezos and “Captain Kirk”: Now these VIPs are flying into space

Each of the first tourist space flights houses at least one person who you might have heard of – or whose relatives you have already heard of: After the multibillionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos fought a veritable space race in the summer and Bezos’ Space company Blue Origin had already undertaken the second tour into the “infinite expanses” of space in October, the third tour is now closing a circle Origin from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be there. Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of Alan Shepard (1923-1998), who flew into space as a NASA astronaut in 1961, and TV presenter Michael Strahan will be part of the space excursion planned for December 9, announced Blue Origin on Tuesday.