Woman to be sent to the Moon for the first time

Jeff Bezos says his space company will send a woman to the Moon's surface for the first time, Sky News reports.

The Amazon billionaire announced his intention on Instagram, posting a video of an engine test at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

He wrote: "This (BE-7) is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the Moon."

The engine has been developed by Mr. Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, and has had 1,245 seconds of test-fire time, he said.