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Wally Funk Sets World Record During Space Flight

Wally Funk, right, and the crew of Blue Origin’s New Shepard, celebrate at a post-flight press conference after a successful flight to space and back on July 20. Blue Origin
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Key Takeaways:

  • Blue Origin's inaugural human spaceflight in July broke four Guinness World Records.
  • The records include Wally Funk as the oldest person in space (82), Oliver Daemen as the youngest (18), and Jeff and Mark Bezos as the first siblings to travel to space together.
  • The flight also established Blue Origin's New Shepard as the first suborbital spacecraft to carry paying customers.
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Blue Origin broke four Guinness World Records titles during its July flight to space, including one for famed pilot Wally Funk.

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