An 18-year-old who has landed a spot on Jeff Bezos’ upcoming spaceflight is set to become the youngest person to go to space, Bezos’ company Blue Origin announced Thursday. In addition to being the youngest person in space, Daemen will also be Blue Origin’s first paying customer, marking the Bezos-funded company’s first foray into commercial space travel. “Now I’ll become the youngest astronaut ever.”De 18-jarige Oliver Daemen uit Tilburg wordt de jongste astronaut ooit en de vierde Nederlander in de ruimte. Oliver is onderweg naar Texas, waar de lancering dinsdag plaatsvindt.https://t.co/hMsJWorRQK pic.twitter.com/5Xl3mqSAJt — Bright (@Bright) July 15, 2021The current title-holder for the youngest person in space is the late Soviet cosmonaut Ghermon Titov, who was 25 when he went into space. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and Wally Funk, who will be the oldest person to ever go to space, are scheduled to join Daemen on the flight.

Source: Huffington Post July 15, 2021 17:48 UTC