The founder of Amazon will board the New Shepard rocket next Tuesday in West Texas. Jeff Bezos will be accompanied by his brother, an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer and a $28 million auction winner. New Shepard rocket will be the first passenger mission for Blue Origin, which like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic intends on flying paying customers in the following months. the FAA gave the all okay on Monday, with the license validity lasting till the end of August.

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder Richard Branson flew to space in his own rocket on Sunday, accompanied by five other company employees. The winged ship was carried into the air by a specially designed aircraft.

Jeff Bezos, 57, stepped down from his role as Amazon’s CEO last week.

Virgin Galactic’s share prices soared after Richard Branson announced that he’d take the next spaceflight.

Virgin Galactic’s fourth development spaceflight VSS Unity is set to fly in early 2022. Passengers are testing the cabin before the flight next year.

The spaceflight will be live-streamed across social media platforms via Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.

600 reservations have already been booked for future flights with tickets worth $200,000 and $250,000 each.

In a video, Branson announced that “when we return from space, I will announce something very exciting to give more people the chance to become an astronaut.”

Virgin Galactic, founded in 2004, has been testing its spacecraft system for years. There have been several setbacks with a fatal crash in 2014 that delayed the company’s plan to take aboard passengers.

Three more spaceflight tests were remaining after the test on May 22, according to prior plans. The first will carry four passengers to test the cabin, the second will carry Branson, and the third will carry members of the Italian Air Force for professional astronaut training