BLUE ORIGIN

The failure of a Blue Origin rocket during an uncrewed launch this month has members of Congress urging for more transparency of an FAA investigation into the accident.

Blue Origin is working to understand what caused Monday's accident, and the FAA is overseeing the investigation.

In-flight failures are always startling, given the dramatic visuals that accompany them. But the possibility of failure should always be in the back of our minds.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has suffered its first launch failure.

The failure marked a setback for Jeff Bezos' rocket company, but provided a real-world demonstration of its safety systems.

A New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with crew members aboard a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles last year that had to be diverted to Phoenix, according to federal prosecutors.

No people were on board as the capsule’s emergency abort system kicked in to jettison it away from the booster.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket suffered a serious problem about a minute after a Sept. 12 launch, and the unmanned capsule’s emergency abort system kicked in.

Blue Origin plans to launch its next space mission on Wednesday morning (Aug. 31), and you can watch the uncrewed action live.

Blue Origin plans to launch its next mission to suborbital space next week, but it won't be a crewed affair.

A private space station that Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and other partners plan to build just cleared a hurdle on its path to orbit.

The Vulcan Centaur rocket is United Launch Alliance's new methane-fueled rocket due to launch in late 2022.

The individuals included the first people from Egypt and Portugal to reach space.

Blue Origin's NS-22 space tourist mission lasted just 10 minutes or so — but it changed the six passengers' lives forever.

It was the sixth crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard sub-orbital spacecraft.

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle carried six people to the final frontier this morning (Aug. 4), including a few who notched spaceflight firsts.

Blue Origin will launch six people to suborbital space and back on Thursday morning (Aug. 4), and you can watch the action live.

Rocket Lab, ULA, Blue Origin and SpaceX are all aiming to launch missions on Aug. 4.

Blue Origin is targeting Thursday (Aug. 4) for the next crewed mission of its New Shepard vehicle, which will send six people to suborbital space and back.

The passengers on Blue Origin's sixth crewed flight, known as NS-22, include the first Egyptian and Portuguese astronauts.

In a news release, Expanding Frontiers announced that its Space Entrepreneur Summer Academy (SESA) will create the National Space Society-Club for the Future (NSS-CFF) Scholars program, in which 10 high school students from this year’s SESA cohort will receive internships at Expanding Frontiers. Participants engage with NASA experts, retired NASA engineers, NewSpace thought leaders, SESA alumni who are now professionals in the field, and NewSpace business people from across the nation, Expanding Frontiers said in the release. Anita Gale, a retired NASA Space Shuttle engineer and CEO of the National Space Society and its International Space Settlement Design Competition, said she is pleased to be working with Expanding Frontiers. This is an investment in the future of humanity, and we’re pleased to be working with Expanding Frontiers on their important program,” she stated in the release. Expanding Frontiers is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization developing an innovation ecosystem with emphasis on space and energy technologies in Brownsville and supports local entrepreneurs.

Tory Bruno remade the United Launch Alliance to combat SpaceX. Will it be enough?

Less than two hours after they landed from space, the six members of Blue Origin's fifth crewed mission were all sure of at least one thing: one flight into space was not enough.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has now launched 25 civilians to space in five for-profit sub-orbital missions.

Blue Origin sent six people to suborbital space today (June 4), acing its fifth human spaceflight mission and notching several milestones in the process.

Blue Origin's fifth human spaceflight, a mission called NS-21, is scheduled to launch from the company's West Texas site on June 4, 2022. See photos here.

Blue Origin will launch six more people to the final frontier Saturday morning (June 4), and you can watch the action live.

A 26-year-old electrical and hardware engineer will become the first Mexican-born woman in space when she joins a diverse international crew for a 10-minute flight launched by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

NS-21, the next mission of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle, is now targeted for Saturday (June 4) — about two weeks later than originally planned.

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.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is launching six people into space on Thursday morning from West Texas.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

This is an exciting week for space travel, especially in Texas, but it will have to wait for at least an extra day.

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 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.

A group of San Antonio middle schoolers say they're excited for the future after watching Jeff Bezos' historic spaceflight with crew members on Tuesday morning.

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 have turned sharply lower after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock.

Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson has reached space aboard his own winged rocket ship, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality.

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.

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.

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.