Blue Origin

Liftoff is scheduled for 9:30 am CT on December 9 from Blue Origin’s launch facilities in Texas.  Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of first American astronaut Alan Shepard, will be joined by investors Evan Dick, Dylan…

The station would function as a “mixed-use business park”, capable of hosting up to ten people at a time in low Earth orbit. Inside the 32,000 sq ft station, there will be designated areas for “film-making in microgravity”, “conducting…

The Amazon founder’s space company has argued that the contract was unfairly awarded to SpaceX and has filed a suit with the US Court of Federal Claims. In a statement, Blue Origin said: "We firmly believe that the issues identified in this…

In an open letter to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, Bezos said he would waive up to $2 billion in contract payments for the first two years if NASA agrees to add his space company, Blue Origin’s, lunar lander to a key phase of its Human…

On Tuesday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos successfully completed his long-anticipated trip to space on a rocket produced by his own private aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin. The trip lasted around 10 minutes, with Mr Bezos being accompanied…

Jeff Bezos founded multinational tech giant Amazon in 1994, out of his garage in Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore, primarily competing with local book retailers and Barnes & Noble. However, Amazon soon began to expand…

82-year-old Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk, who spent six decades trying to reach space, will now join billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the first crewed flight by his space company later this month.  Wally Funk underwent training in…

After stepping down as Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos is set to fly to space next month alongside his brother. It will be the first crewed flight by Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin.  Turning to Instagram, Mr Bezos said that space flight…

By Louisa Rochford In 2017, a new billionaire was reported every 2 days and the total number of billionaires in the world rose to 2,754. 67% of that figure are self-made, including none other than Jeff Bezos, who has amassed a…

By Louisa Rochford First Mars, now the moon—Elon Musk isn’t the only one vying for space travel and the eventual colonisation of other planets in our galaxy. With Richard Branson also joining the fray, who will be the first? Is it…