Jeff Bezos to fly to space on Blue Origin rocket

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said on Monday.

“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space. On July 20th, I will take that journey with my brother,” Bezos said in an Instagram post.

Blue Origin closed the first round of the auction last month and said it had received more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries, without disclosing the highest bid from the round. read more

The current highest bid stood at $2.8 million in the ongoing second round of…