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There sure is a lot of news about people going up in space lately ... well, billionaires specifically. That’s right, the space race has been making headlines for the last few weeks as Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origins both took their shot at sending ... billionaires (and select guests) … into space … for tourism!

Ok, that was big news, but did you hear about the two other space milestones that happened due to this week's space flight? Who just broke some space travel records?

So, these flights went up, up and away, but how far did they actually travel? Here's a look at both recent trips compared to the orbital altitude of the International Space Station.