CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In the end, poor weather forced Blue Origin on Sunday to scrub its second launch of its New Glenn rocket. It was supposed to send up NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, which ...

Blue Origin has appointed Tory Bruno as president of national security, tasking the longtime launch industry executive with leading a newly formed national security group as the company expands its ...

Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus made spaceflight history on Saturday morning (Dec. 20). Blue Origin launched Benthaus and her five crewmates on a suborbital spaceflight from the company's West Texas ...

In a space-age milestone, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched a wheelchair-using engineer and handicap advocate to the edge of space Saturday, a 10-minute trip that allowed her to enjoy a few minutes of ...

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and teammates spent several minutes in microgravity. Blue Origin made history Saturday, sending for the first time a person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an ...

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, just became the first wheelchair user ever to travel past the Kármán Line — a common ...

A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival. Michaela Benthaus, ...

Blue Origin's next New Shepard rocket launch is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18, from its private site in West Texas. The six-person crew includes an aerospace engineer who could become the first ...

A wheelchair user will reach space next week for the first time ever, if all goes according to plan. Blue Origin announced today (Dec. 11) that it's targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 mission, which will ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifts off on the NG-2 mission Nov. 13. Credit: Blue Origin ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will have to complete four successful orbital flights as its pathway ...

Blue Origin is upgrading its 322-foot New Glenn rocket with more powerful engines and increased reusability. Jeff Bezos' company also announced plans for a larger, more powerful variant of the New ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn rocket, drawing early plans for a family of orbital ...