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New Shepard

Michael Strahan and Jeff Bezos on Thursday Night Football with Blue Origin capsule mockup in background.

Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space shot explores the final frontier of merchandising

Jeff Bezos’ privately held Blue Origin space venture is starting to look more like the other company he founded: Amazon.… Read More

Blue Origin delays its next suborbital space trip because of worries about Texas winds

Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter will have to wait a little longer to take a ride on the suborbital spaceship… Read More

Portraits of Blue Origin crew

Blue Origin to fly six suborbital space travelers next month, including pioneer astronaut’s daughter

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is planning to fly six suborbital space travelers next month, which would mark a… Read More

Jeff Bezos says he’s spending more on his Earth Fund than on Blue Origin space shots

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman… Read More

New Shepard launch

‘The most profound experience’: Blue Origin sends Star Trek’s William Shatner to the final frontier

Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed… Read More

William Shatner and Jeff Bezos

How to watch William Shatner beam up to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s rocket

More than a half-century after William Shatner first played a starship captain roaming the galaxy in “Star Trek,” he’s getting… Read More

New Shepard crew portrait

William Shatner’s space trek is turning up a spotlight on Blue Origin’s highs and lows

Star Trek captain William Shatner’s scheduled suborbital space trip is bringing a renewed flood of attention to Jeff Bezos’ Blue… Read More

Blue Origin crew portrait

Weather forces a day’s delay in William Shatner’s Blue Origin suborbital space trip

The Starship Enterprise never had to delay its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations due to bad… Read More

William Shatner and Sarah Knights

Blue Origin confirms it’ll give Star Trek captain William Shatner a suborbital ride

It’s official: Star Trek actor William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship next week,… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Owen Wilson

Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk

You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”… Read More

Bloe Origin marquee

Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within

A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing… Read More

New Shepard and crew

Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says two successful tech entrepreneurs will be part of the lineup for its next… Read More

William Shatner and New Shepard spaceship

Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip

The next crewed suborbital spaceflight planned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — which could launch as… Read More

New Shepard and team

After milestone flight, Blue Origin SVP Stephen Bennett will join Kepler Communications as COO

The changing of the guard is continuing at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture with the departure of Stephen Bennett,… Read More

New Shepard model rocket

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rockets

Rocket fans will soon be able to follow in Jeff Bezos’ footsteps when it comes to ownership of a suborbital… Read More

New Shepard launch

Paintings, not people, take the spotlight in Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip

A little more than a month after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a rocket ride, his Blue Origin space venture… Read More

Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads

Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The… Read More

Four spacefliers at post-landing briefing

Blue Origin’s suborbital space ticket sales are nearing $100M, Jeff Bezos says

VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin hasn’t yet revealed how much it’s charging for suborbital space trips, but founder Jeff… Read More

‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers

VAN HORN, Texas — As of today, Jeff Bezos is not only the richest person on Earth. He’s the richest… Read More

New Shepard ready for launch

How to watch the countdown to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suborbital space trip (and why)

UPDATE: ‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers Original story: VAN… Read More

Van Horn mural

Blue Origin’s space shots give tiny Texas town a boost that’s bigger than expected

VAN HORN, Texas — When I last visited this West Texas town in 2006, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture… Read More

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

New Shepard crew

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

New Shepard liftoff

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

Jeff Bezos and kids

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

SpaceShipTwo / SpaceShipOne

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

Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos

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 with Blue Moon lunar lander

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

Richard Branson in flight suit

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

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