BLUE ORIGIN

Blue Origin is no longer targeting Friday (May 20) for the launch of its next space tourist mission after discovering an issue with its New Shepard vehicle. A new launch date has not been announced.

The six crewmembers include one person who has flown to space with Blue Origin before.

Jeff Bezos' aerospace company announced today (May 13) that it's targeting May 20 for the launch of NS-21, the next crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle.

Ken Griffin, billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel, placed the winning $8 million bid in an auction for a seat on a spaceflight with Bezos' Blue Origin.

The crewed mission, on a reusable New Shepard launch vehicle, is set to take place in the first half of 2023, Bloomberg reported.

The passengers on Blue Origin's fifth crewed flight, known as NS-21, include the first Mexican-born woman to visit space.

Tim Ellis, a former Blue Origin engineer, built aerospace start-up Relativity Space into a $4.2 billion company — with some help from Mark Cuban. Here's how.

Aspiring space tourists will need to wait a little longer before soaring into suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.

Russia launched missiles at the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv while the U.N. secretary-general was visiting. Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers spoke with Mike Vickers, a former U.S. undersecretary of defense for intelligence, about the message Russia was trying to send and what it will take for the war in Ukraine to end.

Space Perspective just released artist's illustrations of the interior of its Spaceship Neptune, which will include 360-degree panoramic windows and even a restroom with a view.

Amazon has joined the Orbital Reef commercial space station project led by Blue Origin, Sierra Space and Boeing.

Project Kuiper is Amazon's plan to build a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit, to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world.

Blue Origin passenger Jim Kitchen, a professor and entrepreneur, carried a symbol of support and solidarity for Ukraine with him to space on Thursday (March 31).

A New Shepard rocket-capsule combo lifted off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas on Thursday morning (March 31), carrying six people to suborbital space.

Comedian and actor Pete Davidson was previously announced to be flying with the crew, but his seat was turned over.

Blue Origin will launch 6 passengers on the NS-20 space tourism mission on March 31, 2022. Here are our live updates of the launch.

The wait is over for the spacebound dreams of Central Florida power couple Marc and Sharon Hagle as they look to take off on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket this morning.

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin will launch six people to the final frontier Thursday morning (March 31), and you can watch the action live.

Humanity is making a giant leap back to the moon and to Mars. But one giant obstacle continues to plague the humans making this progress possible: sexual harassment.

Blue Origin has delayed the fourth crewed launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle from Tuesday (March 29) to Thursday (March 31), citing predicted high winds over the next couple of days.

The capsule's chief designer gets a chance to fly after comedian Pete Davidson withdrew due to a schedule conflict.

Multiple private spacecraft will be ferrying NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon just a few years from now, if all goes according to plan.

NASA took heat last year for awarding SpaceX a sole source contract for a lunar lander. On Tuesday, the space agency said it will conduct a second competition that will likely benefit Blue Origin.

Five paying customers and one of Blue Origin's first 20 employees are scheduled to fly to suborbital space aboard the company's New Shepard vehicle on March 29.

Blue Origin is going with one of its own as Pete Davidson's spaceflight replacement — Gary Lai, chief architect of New Shepard, the vehicle that will take him to the final frontier on March 29.

The company announced earlier this week that Davidson would be one of six passengers on Blue Origin's next flight.

The company announced earlier this week that Davidson would be one of six passengers on Blue Origin's next flight.

It's not yet clear who will replace the 28-year-old comedian on the flight.

The "Saturday Night Live" star and five other people are scheduled to fly to suborbital space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle on March 23.

The launch is scheduled for March 23.

The launch is scheduled for March 23.

This is the fourth human flight for Blue Origin's New Shepard Program. The first flight took founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space in July 2021.

The "Saturday Night Live" star will be one of six passengers headed to the edge of outer space March 23 on a ship launched by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

The space tourism company hopes to fly twice the number of people it did in 2021.

The founder of Space for Humanity reflects on his Dec. 11 suborbital flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft.

From suborbital space to high Earth orbit, space tourism is just getting started.

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of the blockchain platform Tron, announced today (Dec. 22) that he's the person who paid $28 million for a seat aboard Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight.

The tech entrepreneur reveals himself to be the mystery winner of the company's auction with a $28 million bid, then announces plans to select five people to go with him.

Laura Shepard Churchley is not sure if she is an astronaut. The daughter of America's first astronaut to fly into space, Churchley followed in her father's trajectory by lifting off with Blue Origin.

A former SpaceX employee has published allegations of serial sexual harassment experienced during her time at Elon Musk's company even as four other former employees are citing firsthand experience of being harassed or seeing harassment at SpaceX.

Lane Bess was one of the six passengers who flew aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s New Shepard on Saturday in Texas.

Laura Shepard Churchley is now the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first. Churchley followed in her father's flight trajectory by flying on board Blue Origin's New Shepard.

The successful launch was further proof of Blue Origin's concept: a fully autonomous, reusable joyride to space.

Pansexual Twitch streamer Cameron Bess fulfilled a lifelong dream to go to space on Saturday (Dec. 11) on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

It's the most ambitious, complex space observatory ever built – 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, capable of seeing stars so distant, their light has been traveling for nearly 14 billion years. Correspondent David Pogue looks at the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared observatory whose scheduled launch next week will usher in a new era in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the cosmos.

With tiny footballs, cheers and wide smiles, Blue Origin's biggest crew of space tourists yet clearly had a blast on their trip to space this weekend.

The former NFL star and "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan launched into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket Saturday (Dec. 11)

The sterling silver necklace, bearing the LLAP symbol, went aloft on a Blue Origin flight with the personal items of Laura Shepard Churchley.

Blue Origin successfully launched its first six-person crew into space on Saturday (Dec. 11), and in the process, set six new space records.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sent another crew to space on Saturday, the company’s third human spaceflight and the first with a full contingent of six people.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the sixth time this year on Saturday.

NFL great Michael Strahan has rocketed into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will no longer give out commercial astronaut wings starting next year because too many people are launching into space.

TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait another few days before rocketing into space.

A father and son from South Florida are getting ready for their flight to space aboard a Blue Origin space capsule on Saturday.

“Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month.

Bezos’ company Blue Origin will team up with several countries to build an outpost to eventually replace the International Space Station.

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space and safely returned to Earth in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.

A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceflight company of being a toxic work environment and not following proper safety protocols.

The Federal Aviation Administration says Virgin Galactic can't launch anyone into space again until an investigation is complete into founder Richard Branson's off-course flight in July.

Blue Origin has launched artwork painted on a capsule and a moon-landing navigation experiment for NASA into space.

Jeff Bezos has lost his appeal of NASA's contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its new moon lander.

The world’s richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.

Jeff Bezos has made it into space, riding his own company's rocket.

For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn read simply: “Farming, ranching, mining.”.

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board.

An 18-year-old from the Netherlands is about to become the youngest person in space.

Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has gotten federal approval to launch people into space, himself included.

Virgin Galactic's shares turned sharply lower Monday after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock.

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's companies both will take tourists to the edge of space.

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line to ride their own rockets into space.

Wally Funk has waited decades to fly in space now she will get her chance flying with Blue Origin.

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.

Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government's OK to start launching customers into space from New Mexico.

The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million.

Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month on Blue Origin's first flight with a crew, becoming the first person in the world to ride his own rocket.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder announced that he and his brother will be onboard New Shepard’s first human flight July 20, along with the lucky auction winner.

Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Blue Origin, la compañía de cohetes de Jeff Bezos, comenzará a vender entradas para visitas turísticas al espacio el miércoles.

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, will begin to sell tickets for sightseeing space visits Wednesday.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company has launched another capsule to the edge of space.

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the company's New Shepard rocket lands after a test flight in West Texas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people strap in. Thursday’s flight with a dummy named Mannequin Skywalker lasted 10 minutes and reached 66 miles (106 kilometers) above West Texas. Both the New Shepard rocket and the capsule landed successfully. It was the 14th flight to the fringes of space for a New Shepard rocket.

The sensors and computer — tested during the booster’s descent and touchdown — will hitch another suborbital ride with Blue Origin. Led by Amazon founder Bezos, Washington state-based Blue Origin is leading a team of companies to develop a lunar lander for astronauts. Tuesday’s launch was the first in nearly a year for Blue Origin: The pandemic stalled operations. Blue Origin said its staff is maintaining social distancing and taking other safety measures. Blue Origin said it needs a couple more flights before launching people — tourists, scientists and professional astronauts — on short hops.

The Virgin Galactic VMS Mothership "Eve," also known as "WhiteKnightTwo." MOJAVE, Calif. - Richard Branson is preparing Virgin Galactic for a public listing. The billionaire's space tourism company will go public as part of a deal with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, according to the Wall Street Journal. Hundreds of people are lined up to ride a short high-speed trip aboard a Virgin Galactic space plane and have agreed to pay $200,000 to $250,000 per seat. Bezos has also spent years working on its space tourism plans, and Blue Origin is expected to compete directly with Virgin Galactic in that business.