Billionaires In Space: Richard Branson Plans To Beat Jeff Bezos To Sub-Orbital Trip

Gayle King isn’t afraid to ask Jeff Bezos the questions people want answers to.

On Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon had some fun at Jeff Bezos’ expense, roasting the billionaire’s recent trip to space.

Jeff Bezos may have lost his billionaire space race to Richard Branson but he still called his 11-minute vacation to space aboard his rocket the “best day ever.” On July 20th everyone watched as the world‘s richest man boarded a rocket with his ‘Blue Origin crew’ to fly into space, float in zero gravity, and throw skittles at each other.

Enjoy this small step for man! pic.twitter.com/6gBHHJLByQThe faux trailer features Jason Alexander as Bezos, Adam Pally as Musk and Tracy Morgan as “diverse friend that would never actually hang out with Jeff Bezos.” Branson and Mark Zuckerberg are portrayed by a mop and a stray cat, respectively.

Jon Stewart had his own take on Jeff Bezos’ launch into space Tuesday, sharing a trailer for The Problem With Jon Stewart on Twitter.

Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his civilian crewmates returned to the Earth’s surface safely after rocketing into space Tuesday aboard his Blue Origin spacecraft.

Jeff Bezos streaked into space Tuesday on a thrilling 10-minute up-and-down flight, a high-tech joyride that sets the stage for the start of commercial passenger service later this year.Competing head to head with fellow billionaire Richard Branson, who flew into space aboard his Virgin Galactic rocketplane July 11, Bezos blasted off with his brother Mark and two history-making passengers: 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest person to fly in space, and Oliver Daemen, an

Amazon founder strapped himself into Blue Origin’s sub-orbital New Shepard rocket from a space station in Texas today. Alongside him was brother Mark, astronaut Wally Funk and Blue Origin’s first customer Oliver Daemon - who has become the youngest person in space.

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Pitbull made an impassioned plea to billionaire Jeff Bezos to help with the ongoing situation in Cuba.  Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades, along with a resurgence of coronavirus cases, as it suffers the consequences of U.S. sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.

Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler reunited on Tuesday’s “Late Night” to host a special “Really!?!” segment.

Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler, the former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors, fired off a new “Really!” segment on last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, taking aim at space-racing billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

After nearly two decades of developing Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson has finally achieved his dream of going to space! The billionaire CEO was on board his company’s spacecraft VSS Unity on July 11, when it was launched above the skies of New Mexico.

Richard Branson is set to become the first rocket company boss to be launched off the planet on Sunday, with Virgin Galactic’s space plane set to hurtle to the edge of space with the eccentric billionaire on board.