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Blue Origin delays next space tourist launch from May 20 due to vehicle issue

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.

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Meet the crew of Blue Origin's NS-21 space tourism launch

The six crewmembers include one person who has flown to space with Blue Origin before.

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Blue Origin targets May 20 for next space tourist launch

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.

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Citadel founder Ken Griffin wins Blue Origin spaceflight auction, donating two seats to NYC teachers

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.

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Billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin paid $8 million to fly to space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin — but will donate his seat to a New York schoolteacher, report says

The crewed mission, on a reusable New Shepard launch vehicle, is set to take place in the first half of 2023, Bloomberg reported.

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Blue Origin announces crew for next suborbital space mission

The passengers on Blue Origin's fifth crewed flight, known as NS-21, include the first Mexican-born woman to visit space.

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How an ex-Blue Origin intern got a $500,000 check from Mark Cuban to build a major SpaceX rival

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.

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Virgin Galactic pushes 1st planned commercial passenger flight to 2023

Aspiring space tourists will need to wait a little longer before soaring into suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.

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Missile attack on Kyiv was message from Russia, former U.S. defense official says

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.

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EMBARGOED 9 AM ET APRIL 12: Space Perspective unveils lavish interior of balloon-borne tourist capsule

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.

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Amazon joins Orbital Reef commercial space station project

Amazon has joined the Orbital Reef commercial space station project led by Blue Origin, Sierra Space and Boeing.

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Amazon signs massive rocket deal with 3 firms, including Bezos' Blue Origin, to launch internet satellites

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.

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Blue Origin space tourist carries Ukrainian flag to final frontier

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).

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches 6 people to suborbital space

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.

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Watch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch its first New Shepard space crew of 2022

Comedian and actor Pete Davidson was previously announced to be flying with the crew, but his seat was turned over.

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Blue Origin's NS-20 space tourism launch: Live updates

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.

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How to watch Blue Origin's NS-20 space tourist launch on Thursday

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.

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The space industry has a big, ugly sexual harassment problem

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.

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Blue Origin delays next crewed launch to Thursday due to high winds

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.

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Blue Origin readies for fourth crewed flight to the edge of space

The capsule's chief designer gets a chance to fly after comedian Pete Davidson withdrew due to a schedule conflict.

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NASA wants another moon lander for Artemis astronauts, not just SpaceX's Starship

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.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will get a second chance to compete in NASA’s moon program

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.

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Meet the 6 spaceflyers aboard Blue Origin's NS-20 mission

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.

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Pete Davidson's spaceflight replacement is Blue Origin's Gary Lai

Blue Origin is going with one of its own as Pete Davidson's spaceflight replacement — Gary Lai, chief architect of New Shepard, the vehicle that will take him to the final frontier on March 29.

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Pete Davidson Skipping Ride To Space On Jeff Bezos' Rocket

The company announced earlier this week that Davidson would be one of six passengers on Blue Origin's next flight.

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Pete Davidson Skipping Ride To Space On Jeff Bezos' Rocket

The company announced earlier this week that Davidson would be one of six passengers on Blue Origin's next flight.

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Pete Davidson will no longer travel on Blue Origin's upcoming space mission

It's not yet clear who will replace the 28-year-old comedian on the flight.

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SNL's Pete Davidson will fly to space next week with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin

The "Saturday Night Live" star and five other people are scheduled to fly to suborbital space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle on March 23.

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Pete Davidson Headed To Space On Blue Origin Craft

The launch is scheduled for March 23.

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Pete Davidson Headed To Space On Blue Origin Craft

The launch is scheduled for March 23.

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SNL's Pete Davidson is going to space with Blue Origin

This is the fourth human flight for Blue Origin's New Shepard Program. The first flight took founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space in July 2021.

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Pete Davidson will go to space on Blue Origin’s 4th human flight

The "Saturday Night Live" star will be one of six passengers headed to the edge of outer space March 23 on a ship launched by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

cnbc.com

Blue Origin plans to boost spaceflight launches in 2022: report

The space tourism company hopes to fly twice the number of people it did in 2021.

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Launching with Blue Origin: Q&A with spaceflight veteran Dylan Taylor

The founder of Space for Humanity reflects on his Dec. 11 suborbital flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft.

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Space tourism took a giant leap in 2021: Here's 10 milestones from the year

From suborbital space to high Earth orbit, space tourism is just getting started.

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Winner of Blue Origin's $28 million auction to fly with 5 'space warriors' next year

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of the blockchain platform Tron, announced today (Dec. 22) that he's the person who paid $28 million for a seat aboard Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight.

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Crypto magnate Justin Sun heading to space on Blue Origin

The tech entrepreneur reveals himself to be the mystery winner of the company's auction with a $28 million bid, then announces plans to select five people to go with him.

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Post-flight interview: Astronaut's daughter reflects on her own launch on Blue Origin

Laura Shepard Churchley is not sure if she is an astronaut. The daughter of America's first astronaut to fly into space, Churchley followed in her father's trajectory by lifting off with Blue Origin.

space.com

SpaceX faces sexual harassment allegations from five former employees

A former SpaceX employee has published allegations of serial sexual harassment experienced during her time at Elon Musk's company even as four other former employees are citing firsthand experience of being harassed or seeing harassment at SpaceX.

space.com

Shepard vs New Shepard: How astronaut daughter's Blue Origin launch stacks up

Laura Shepard Churchley is now the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first. Churchley followed in her father's flight trajectory by flying on board Blue Origin's New Shepard.

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Blue Origin Launches Crewed Space Flight With 6 Passengers

The successful launch was further proof of Blue Origin's concept: a fully autonomous, reusable joyride to space.

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Pansexual astronaut Cameron Bess on launching with Blue Origin and why diversity matters in space

Pansexual Twitch streamer Cameron Bess fulfilled a lifelong dream to go to space on Saturday (Dec. 11) on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

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The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope

It's the most ambitious, complex space observatory ever built – 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, capable of seeing stars so distant, their light has been traveling for nearly 14 billion years. Correspondent David Pogue looks at the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared observatory whose scheduled launch next week will usher in a new era in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the cosmos.

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'This is heaven!': Watch Michael Strahan and crew float in space in this Blue Origin launch video

With tiny footballs, cheers and wide smiles, Blue Origin's biggest crew of space tourists yet clearly had a blast on their trip to space this weekend.

space.com

'I want to go back!' Michael Strahan can't get enough of space after Blue Origin launch

The former NFL star and "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan launched into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket Saturday (Dec. 11)

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Blue Origin launches necklace honoring 'Star Trek' actor Leonard Nimoy into space on New Shepard

The sterling silver necklace, bearing the LLAP symbol, went aloft on a Blue Origin flight with the personal items of Laura Shepard Churchley.

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NFL, TV's Michael Strahan flies in space with astronaut's daughter

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas.

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Blue Origin launches Michael Strahan and crew of 5 on record-setting suborbital spaceflight

Blue Origin successfully launched its first six-person crew into space on Saturday (Dec. 11), and in the process, set six new space records.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends TV’s Michael Strahan and five others to space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sent another crew to space on Saturday, the company’s third human spaceflight and the first with a full contingent of six people.

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Watch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch its first six passenger crew to space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the sixth time this year on Saturday.

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Blue Origin capsule lands in Texas desert after short flight to space with Michael Strahan, Alan Shepard’s daughter

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

FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching

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.

High wind delays Michael Strahan's space trip with 5 others

TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait another few days before rocketing into space.

Houston-born former athlete, TV personality Michael Strahan among those going to space with Blue Origin crew

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

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Workers at Bezos’ rocket company allege sexism, safety risks

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.

FAA bans Virgin Galactic launches while probing Branson trip

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 launches artwork, moon-landing test into space

Blue Origin has launched artwork painted on a capsule and a moon-landing navigation experiment for NASA into space.

Bezos loses appeal of NASA's plans to use Musk moon lander

Jeff Bezos has lost his appeal of NASA's contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its new moon lander.

Bezos' comments on workers after spaceflight draws rebuke

The world’s richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.

Blue Origin’s Launch and Landing: This is what people said on social media

Those interested in the progress of space flight and space travel woke up Tuesday morning to watch Blue Origin's first human flight into space, so it's no surprise plenty of people were talking about it on social media too.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rides Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on company Blue Origin’s 1st flight with people

Jeff Bezos has made it into space, riding his own company's rocket.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rides Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on company Blue Origin’s 1st flight with people

Jeff Bezos has made it into space, riding his own company's rocket.

Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas town

For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn read simply: “Farming, ranching, mining.”.

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EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos will soar into space

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board.

18-year-old joining Blue Origin's 1st passenger spaceflight

An 18-year-old from the Netherlands is about to become the youngest person in space.

Bezos donates $200M to Smithsonian for Air and Space Museum

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.

Bezos' Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has gotten federal approval to launch people into space, himself included.

After Branson flight, Virgin Galactic slumps on stock sale

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.

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

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

Space spat: Billionaires fight over where space starts, but does it really matter?

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's companies both will take tourists to the edge of space.

Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line to ride their own rockets into space.

Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line to ride their own rockets into space.

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Meet Wally Funk, the Mercury 13 aviation pioneer (finally) going to space

Wally Funk has waited decades to fly in space now she will get her chance flying with Blue Origin.

Richard Branson announces trip to space, ahead of Jeff Bezos

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.

Jeff Bezos picks female aerospace pioneer to launch into space with him

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.

Virgin Galactic gets FAA's OK to launch customers to space

Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government's OK to start launching customers into space from New Mexico.

Winning auction bid to fly in space with Jeff Bezos: $28M

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 on rocket’s 1st crew flight

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.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to go to space aboard Blue Origin flight in July

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.

NASA selects SpaceX to develop spacecraft that will land astronauts on moon for first time since 1972

On Friday, NASA announced SpaceX will build a spacecraft that would land astronauts on the moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission.

Mock crew straps into space capsule, exits before liftoff

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company has launched another capsule to the edge of space.

Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perks

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.

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos 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.

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