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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, 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 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.

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.

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.

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

The Amazon founder became the second billionaire this month to reach the edge of space — following Richard Branson, who rocketed there aboard a vessel made by his company Virgin Galactic.

The flight will also include company founder Jeff Bezos and Wally Funk, 82 — who was older than Oliver Daemen is now back in the early 1960s, when she first trained to be an astronaut.

SpaceX had been scheduled to launch a new GPS satellite; Blue Origin was supposed to follow with its own launch for NASA minutes later. Two other launches were to follow.