Blue Origin

Crew of first all-private flight returns to Earth after weeks aboard ISS

The landing marked the official end of the first fully-private mission to the orbiting outpost and a turning point in NASA's goal to commercialise the region of space called low Earth orbit.

Blue Origin passenger Glen de Vries dies in plane crash

The Federal Aviation Administration will lead an investigation into the plane crash which caused the death of millionaire Glen de Vries.

Star Trek's William Shatner returns to Earth after flight to space

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk became the oldest person to ride a rocket, eclipsing the previous record set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship in July by eight years.

Blue Origin: Star Trek's Shatner to become oldest person to fly to space

William Shatner's voyage to space will last for about 10 minutes. The flight will take the crew just beyond the Karman Line 100 kilometres above the Earth.

Jeff Bezos returns to Earth after brief flight to outer space

The wealthiest man on the planet becomes the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket into space, with the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket reaching an altitude of about 106 kilometres - higher than Richard Branson’s July 11 ride.

Jeff Bezos plans to ride his own rocket into space in July

The Amazon billionaire seeks to raise trust in his fledgling space tourism business by making a journey outside Earth in a Blue Origin capsule.

Blue Origin to launch its first space tourism trip in July

The company says the trip will last a total of ten minutes, four of which passengers will spend above the Karman line, that marks the recognised boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.

Blue Origin challenges NASA over SpaceX moon landing contract

Blue Origin argues that NASA has misjudged the risks involved in choosing SpaceX's entirely new launch vehicle.

SpaceX wins $2.9B NASA tender to take astronauts to moon

SpaceX beat Blue Origin and Dynetics to win the contract and become what NASA called its "most trusted private sector partner."

The race for space colonisation and limitless wealth is already here

China and Russia are committed to collaborating on lunar colonisation, joining the tier of corporate titans and governments who recognize space is not only the last frontier, but a geopolitical endgame.

Is outer space becoming the new wild west?

A growing number of countries and private companies are developing and expanding their space programs. What does it mean to have so many new actors with extraterrestrial ambitions?

SpaceX launch marks a new era in the privatisation of space

One small step for man and one giant leap for the commercial space industry.