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Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes, capsule recovered

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 05:32 AM

It was the 23rd mission for the New Shepard rocket program, named after the first American in space, and the first to end in failure. Read more »

Amazon signs on launch partners for space internet

Tangi Quemener, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 08:46 PM

Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history. Read more »

Blue Origin launches its fourth crew to final frontier

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 08:44 AM

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin successfully carried out its fourth crewed spaceflight Thursday, a ten-minute ride beyond the planet's atmosphere and back again. Read more »

US comic Pete Davidson not going to space after all

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 03:36 PM

American comedian and actor Pete Davidson isn't going to space next week after all. Read more »

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space

Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 08:30 AM

Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this decade. Read more »

Star Trek's William Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler

Mike Blake, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 14 08:22 AM

William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of "Star Trek" fame - on Wednesday became the oldest person in space. Read more »

Rocket carrying William Shatner blasts off into space

Mike Blake, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 11:39 PM

William Shatner embodied the promise of space travel in the classic 1960s TV series "Star Trek" and seven subsequent films. Read more »

With 'Captain Kirk' aboard, Blue Origin to return to space

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 07:05 PM

As one of four passengers selected for the flight, William Shatner, at age 90, is poised to become the oldest person ever to venture into space. Read more »

William Shatner lends Blue Origin star power

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 10:50 AM

On October 12, William Shatner -- Captain James T. Kirk on 'Star Trek' -- is set to become the first member of the iconic show's cast to journey to the final frontier, as a guest aboard a Blue Origin suborbital rocket. Read more »

Virgin Galactic restarting space tickets from $450,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 09:30 AM

WASHINGTON - After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting ticket sales beginning at $450,000, the company announced Thursday. Read more »

Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 08:36 AM

Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. Read more »

How can you become a space tourist?

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 08:47 AM

Thrill-seekers will soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks -- and envy-inducing Instagram snaps -- from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off.    Read more »

WATCH: The moment Jeff Bezos, companions realize they were in space

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 04:13 AM

Jeff Bezos on Tuesday shared a video of the moment he and his three other companions onboard Blue Origin's New Shepard realized they are in space.   Read more »

‘Best day ever’: Billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 02:54 AM

The historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of private commercial space tourism. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 20, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:06 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Jeff Bezos, astronaut

Handout, Blue Origin via AFP
Posted at Jul 20 11:50 PM

This still image taken from video by Blue Origin shows Jeff Bezos (C), Wally Funk (R) and Oliver Daemen (L) after Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard craft capsule returned from space, safely landing on Tuesday, in Van Horn, Texas. Read more »

'Not really nervous': Billionaire Bezos girds for inaugural space flight

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 09:19 AM

American billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company Blue Origin's inaugural suborbital flight alongside the oldest and youngest people ever bound for space. Read more »

Blue Origin sees clear skies for inaugural space flight by Bezos and crewmates

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 19 11:25 AM

Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates are engaging in a crash course of training on Monday in preparation for his company Blue Origin's inaugural flight to the edge of space planned for Tuesday. Read more »

Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:41 AM

An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million in an auction to take part in the inaugural space tourism flight for billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company. Read more »

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight

Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 08:43 AM

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Read more »