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Jul 19, 2021 7:16 PM EDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. The event is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. ET. Watch the rocket launch in the player above. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday’s debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and an 18-year-old teenage tourist. The capsule is entirely automated, unlike Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket plane that required two pilots to get him to space and back a week ago. Blue Origin announced Thursday that instead of a $28 million auction winner launching with founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, the Dutch son of another bidder will be on board. The company said Oliver Daemen will be the first paying customer, but did not disclose the price of his ticket. But a family spokesperson said it will be considerably less than the winning bid.

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