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Crew and trainer inside New Shepard capsule mockup

Jeff Bezos says he’s excited, not nervous, on the eve of his suborbital spaceflight

VAN HORN, Texas — It’s T-minus 1 day for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ suborbital spaceflight, and he feels fine. On… Read More

After Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin sees a ‘robust pipeline’ of future paying spacefliers

Jeff Bezos and his crewmates are still finishing up their training for the first-ever crewed spaceflight conducted by Blue Origin,… Read More

Blue Origin’s mystery passenger revealed: At age 18, Oliver Daemen will be youngest spaceflier

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says the beneficiary of the $28 million auction for a spot on its New… Read More

Blue Origin shares multimillion-dollar spaceship ticket proceeds with 19 charities

There are only so many postcards you can send to space and back, even if you have $28 million to… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule

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Bezos, Branson and the billionaire space race: What to watch when Amazon’s founder blasts off

Sir Richard Branson added new fuel to the billionaire space race July 11 when he and his Virgin Galactic crewmates floated… Read More

A tale of two spaceships: How Seattle tech titans helped launch suborbital space tours

The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline may look totally… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin fuels feud with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic over suborbital space trips

Jeff Bezos has a longstanding rivalry with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, but now his Blue Origin space venture is upping the… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture approaches period of maximum dynamic pressure

Jeff Bezos may be easing back from his CEO role at Amazon, but now he’s due to feel the heat… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip

The billionaire space race is on: Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is on the crew for the next test flight… Read More

‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has rounded out the foursome for its first crewed suborbital spaceflight with… Read More

Blue Origin sells seat on suborbital spaceship for $28 million after fast and furious bidding

An open spot on the first-ever crew to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship was auctioned off today… Read More

Virgin Galactic downplays rumblings about a suborbital Branson vs. Bezos space race

Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march on Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when… Read More

Jeff Bezos says he’ll ride with Blue Origin’s first space passengers in July

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly to space next month on the first crewed… Read More

Bidding for the first journey on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship exceeds $2 million

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has begun unsealing the bids for an open seat on its New… Read More

Blue Origin puts its first passenger seat on suborbital spaceship up for charity auction

You had to know the first open seat on a spacecraft built by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin promise details coming next week for how to buy first seat on spaceflight

Step aside, Mannequin Skywalker. Blue Origin is getting ready for real humans to man its New Shepard spaceship and replace… Read More

‘It’s time’: Jeff Bezos hails Blue Origin’s fiery rehearsal for crewed suborbital spaceflight

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture flew a mannequin into space today during the 15th test flight for… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will give NASA a spin in lunar gravity on suborbital flight

With backing from NASA, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture will upgrade its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to… Read More

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship aces uncrewed rehearsal for crewed space trips

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture put the New Shepard spaceship that’s destined to fly people on suborbital… Read More

Watch Blue Origin fly its first capsule that’s designed to send people to space and back

Update: The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m.… Read More

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all… Read More

After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is now targeting Tuesday for the launch of its New Shepard suborbital… Read More

NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong famously had to dodge a boulder-strewn crater just seconds before the first moon landing in… Read More

Artists create paintings designed to be tempered in space on Blue Origin’s rocket

Uplift Aerospace and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture plan to put paintings where virtually no art has… Read More

NASA lays out a plan to qualify suborbital spacecraft for its astronauts and scientists

NASA says it’ll formulate a plan to assess the safety of suborbital spacecraft — such as Blue Origin’s New Shepard… Read More

NASA gets set to put astronauts on Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic suborbital flights

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine signaled today that astronauts would soon be cleared to take suborbital spaceflights aboard the commercial rocket… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture drops fresh hints about how its ‘busy year’ is shaping up

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has lifted the curtain just a bit more on plans for its… Read More

Blue Origin’s rocket ship sends postcards, science and art to outer space and back

Thousands of postcards, an array of science experiments and a couple of art projects took a suborbital ride to space… Read More

After weather delay, Blue Origin counts down to test flight of suborbital spaceship

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is counting down to today’s uncrewed flight test of its New Shepard… Read More

NASA picks 25 space technologies for testing by Blue Origin and other companies

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program has selected 25 promising space technologies for testing aboard aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rocket ships… Read More