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18 Year Old To Become Youngest Person To Visit Space.

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He'll be on board a flight with Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos.

An 18 year old student from the Netherlands will become the youngest person ever to visit space next week.

Oliver Daemen is booked on a flight with the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which is due to blast off on Tuesday.

A former NASA test pilot, Wally Funk, will become the oldest person ever to go to space on that day too, she's 82 years old

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