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Watch Jeff Bezos launch to the edge of space on Blue Origin's first passenger flight
Bezos and his companions are due to experience a rocket launch, skim the edge of space, then plunge…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Billionaire Richard Branson is set to beat Jeff Bezos to space on Sunday. Their launches will differ in 3 big ways.
Virgin Galactic's space plane, called SpaceShipTwo, rockets to about 55 miles above the Earth, givi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The date of Jeff Bezos' trip to space isn't a coincidence - it's the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon
On July 20, Bezos and three other passengers will spend just three minutes at the edge of space abo…
Avery Hartmans
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Photos of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spaceship offer a peek at Jeff Bezos' first-class flight to the edge of space
Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin employees celebrate the New Shepard rocket booster's first landing.Blue …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Jeff Bezos is risking his life to reach space. The rocket has flown 15 times, but he'll have no pilot and possibly no spacesuit.
About 1% of US human spaceflights have ended in a fatal accident, but the New Shepard rocket seems …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Unconfirmed report suggests Branson may try to beat Bezos into space - and Virgin Galactic didn't deny it
Virgin Galactic did not deny the rumor that Branson is trying to launch by July 4, and one expert s…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Jeff Bezos will spend just 3 minutes in space, with no pilot or spacesuit. His flight will be unlike any before it.
The New Shepard spacecraft carrying Jeff Bezos won't reach Earth's orbit, and there won't be anybod…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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William Shatner's trek to space is delayed as Blue Origin moves New Shepard's launch day
The 90-year-old "Star Trek" actor is set to be Blue Origin's first celebrity passenger.
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin paid $8 million to fly to space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin — but will donate his seat to a New York schoolteacher, report says
The crewed mission, on a reusable New Shepard launch vehicle, is set to take place in the first hal…
Kate Duffy
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just launched NASA's new moon-landing technologies into space
NASA gave Blue Origin $3 million to test technology that may make it possible to land on parts of t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The first seat on Jeff Bezos’ rocket to space is selling for a record high of $2.8 million
The Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company launched the public auction for one of the first seats on…
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See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
NASA's Space Launch System is built to return astronauts to the moon. Photos and one chart show how…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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William Shatner made a light dig at Jeff Bezos' playfulness on the Blue Origin flight in July: 'I don't want to throw Skittles - I want to look out the window'
William Shatner took a dig at Jeff Bezos for throwing Skittles on a July Blue Origin flight, saying…
Sarah Jackson
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Jeff Bezos made paper Star Trek toys when he was 9, and William Shatner is taking them into space
Jeff Bezos said his mother kept his home-made "Star Trek" toys safe for 48 years, and that William …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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90-year-old 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner on his space mission with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin: 'I'm thrilled and anxious and a little nervous and a little frightened'
"Star Trek" actor William Shatner told The Today Show he's "thrilled" and "a little frightened" abo…
Sarah Jackson
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90-year-old 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner will fly into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mission later this month
After decades of playing Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner will be traveling to outer space…
Grace Kay
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Elon Musk mocks Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight by saying 'your rocket can be shorter' for suborbital launches
Musk took a swipe at Bezos' recent suborbital flight when asked by interviewer Kara Swisher about t…
Tyler Sonnemaker,Kali Hays
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Blue Origin's second space trip scheduled for October 12, two passengers confirmed
This will be New Shepard's 18th mission, and the second crewed flight to space. The NS-18, wi…
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Blue Origin plans to blast William Shatner into space on its New Shepard rocket in October, reports say
William Shatner has yet to confirm that he's travelling to space with Blue Origin, but sources told…
Zahra Tayeb
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Kristen Bell says she talks about sex and Dax Shepard's drug addiction with their kids: 'Daddy is an addict'
The "Good Place" star has two daughters with her husband Shepard: 8-year-old Delta and 9-year-old L…