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Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew

5:21pm February 27, 2025

The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.

Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

2:23am January 16, 2025

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA's Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

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Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket

5:00am January 08, 2025

New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and could launch on its maiden flight as early as Friday.

At age 90, America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space

7:08pm May 19, 2024

by Scott Neuman

Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing."

Glen de Vries was among four passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Oct. 13. De Vries, 49, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, died in crash of a single-engine plane that went down Thursday in a wooded area of Hampton Township, N.J.

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Man who went to space with William Shatner weeks ago dies in a plane crash

11:29am November 13, 2021

by The Associated Press

Glen De Vries, co-founder of a tech company, took a 10-minute flight to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft with Shatner and two others. De Vries died in a crash on Thursday.

NASA's ambitions for putting astronauts on the moon have been delayed. Here, newly minted astronauts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are seen last year. They're the first candidates to graduate under the Artemis program, and could be eligible for

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NASA says it can't put the first person of color on the moon until at least 2025

9:59am November 10, 2021

by Bill Chappell

NASA's leaders say an overly aggressive timeline from the Trump administration and a legal fight over a contract are two reasons why it's altering plans for the Artemis lunar program.

Space companies like Blue Origin are grabbing headlines with the promise of a new era of space tourism, mostly recently with the plan to send William Shatner to the edge of space. But unless you're lucky, space is still out of reach for most of the public

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William Shatner is bound for space, but the rest of us will have to wait

5:00am October 11, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

New space companies are touting space tourism. But so far the final frontier has been the playground of the rich or famous, plus a few everyday folks who had a bit of luck.

More than 50 years after the Star Trek franchise took TV audiences to alien worlds, William Shatner will visit space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft. Shatner, right, is seen here with castmates Nichelle Nichols and Leonard Nimoy in a 1967 episode of the s

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William Shatner is going to space next week (for real)

12:22pm October 04, 2021

by Bill Chappell

At age 90, the Star Trek actor is poised to become the oldest person ever to visit space. "It's never too late to experience new things," Shatner said on Monday.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches on Tuesday morning, carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin; his brother, Mark Bezos; 82-year-old female aviation pioneer Wally Funk; and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen f

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'Who Wants A Skittle?' And Other Things Overheard On Jeff Bezos' Trip To Space

6:17pm July 20, 2021

by Josie Fischels

From "Woo-hoo!" to "Who wants a Skittle?" here's what Jeff Bezos and his crew said on their 10-minute Blue Origin flight to the edge of space.

Jeff Bezos hugs Van Jones, founder of Dream Corps, on Tuesday after announcing a $200 million award to him and chef José Andrés for charities of their choice.

Bezos Landed, Thanked Amazon Workers And Shoppers For Paying, Gave Away $200 Million

4:52pm July 20, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Jeff Bezos gave $100 million each in "courage and civility awards" to CNN's Van Jones and chef José Andrés.