Bezos returns from flight to space

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder and former CEO of Amazon, successfully returned to Earth from his trip to the edge of space on Tuesday morning, touching down at around 9:22 a.m. ET.

Bezos launched into space aboard a rocket and capsule that was developed by his spaceflight company, Blue Origin.

The flight lasted roughly 11 minutes. It took off from a site in the West Texas desert.