TEXAS — Six women — including a former NASA rocket scientist, a bioastronautics research scientist, journalist Gayle King and music superstar Katy Perry — became astronauts after taking flight in a ...

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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 ...

Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin is launching a satellite internet network for enterprise, data center and government customers, called TeraWave. The company aims to begin deploying the first of 5,408 ...

Blue Origin plans to begin deploying its proposed TeraWave satellite constellation from the last quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approval. Credit: Blue Origin TAMPA, Fla. — Blue Origin is ...

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 ...

A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival. Michaela Benthaus, ...

Blue Origin's next human spaceflight, NS-37, will carry six passengers, including a Florida resident. The New Shepard rocket launches from a private site in West Texas for an 11-minute suborbital trip ...

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 ...