Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space

Ed Dwight, almost America's first Black astronaut, will ride New Shepard rocket Blue Origin has announced the crew flying on its NS-25. Former US Air Force Captain Ed Dwight is among the six aiming to ... Read More

World-first satellites for commercial science set for launch in 2025

Blue Skies Space plans to launch its first science satellite in 2025. Researchers will access the space data via a novel subscription model ... Read More

Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights

as he is currently about a week older than actor William Shatner was when he became the oldest person to go to space on a New Shepard flight in October 2021. Blue Origin has not revealed a launch ... Read More

Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022. Today (April 4), Jeff Bezos' company announced the six crewmembers for the NS-25 space tourism ... Read More

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The United Nations and others said donors should resume support for UNRWA after a review found that Israel hadn’t backed up claims that many agency workers are members of terrorist groups. The ... Read More

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin passes 4 key milestones for its $172 million NASA contract to build a new space station

One promising candidate is Orbital Reef — a joint venture between Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin and Sierra Space. On Wednesday, NASA reported that Orbital Reef passed four key milestones for ... Read More

America’s first black astronaut candidate will finally reach space on next Blue Origin mission at age 90

Ed Dwight, America’s first black astronaut candidate, will finally fly into space at age 90. The Air Force veteran will be among the six-person crew aboard Blue Origin’s upcoming New Shepard f ... Read More

Biden wants a space tax on companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch in the US

President Joe Biden wants private space companies, such as Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, to start paying ... airspace for hours around the launch window," David Grizzle, a ... Read More

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin passes 4 key milestones for its $172 million NASA contract to build a new space station

NASA awarded Blue Origin $172 million to develop a space station for both astronauts and tourists. The space station, called Orbital Reef, will need to be able to support human life. Recently ... Read More

Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022. Today (April 4), Jeff Bezos' company announced the six crewmembers for the NS-25 space tourism mission, ... Read More