Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Friday said it was "pausing" flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years, effectively cancelling the company's centerpiece space tourism vehicle ...

Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is suspending the short flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft, which took paying customers to the edge of space and back.

Blue Origin's next New Shepard rocket is scheduled to launch from West Texas on Thursday, Jan. 22. Six passengers will take an 11-minute journey to the edge of space, experiencing microgravity and ...

The Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule descends during the NS-38 mission Jan. 22. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — Blue Origin launched its first New Shepard mission of the year Jan. 22, carrying ...

SpaceX rival Blue Origin has announced its own competitor to Starlink that promises to offer even faster speeds, but it’s only for enterprise and government customers. On Wednesday, Blue Origin ...

In a space-age milestone, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched a wheelchair-using engineer and handicap advocate to the edge of space Saturday, a 10-minute trip that allowed her to enjoy a few minutes of ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...

Fresh off its highly successful NG-2 flight, which launched the ESCAPADE Mars probes and featured a successful booster landing, Blue Origin unveiled the Blue Moon Mk1 robotic lander due to fly in 2026 ...

After a couple of scrubs and a few aggravating holds, the Blue Origin New Glenn finally rocketed into the clear, blue Florida sky. The rocket not only sent a pair of ESCAPADE probes toward Mars and ...

The rocket company founded a quarter-century ago by billionaire Jeff Bezos made history Thursday with the pinpoint landing of an 18-story-tall rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

Blue Origin Lands Its Giant Rocket's Booster for the First Time On New Glenn’s second launch, Blue Origin’s heavy-lift rocket—the key to its lunar ambitions—sends two NASA probes on their way to Mars.

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket ...