What you need to know about Wally Funk, 82-year-old aviator

Wally Funk is the oldest person to reach space at 82 years (Photo: Courtesy)

On Tuesday July 20 Amazon founder and the richest man Jeff Bezos launched himself to space in his new spacecraft, to help pioneer a new era of private commercial space tourism.

For approximately 11 minutes, Bezos soared into space together with three other crewmates who accompanied him to mark this historic suborbital flight.