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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket grounded as FAA investigates launch failure
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin is working to understand what caused Monday's accident, and the FAA is overseeing the investigation.
Failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard a reminder that spaceflight is still hard
By Mike Wall published
In-flight failures are always startling, given the dramatic visuals that accompany them. But the possibility of failure should always be in the back of our minds.
Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin suffered an anomaly during an uncrewed space mission Monday (Sept. 12) but recovered its New Shepard capsule successfully.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to launch next space mission on Aug. 31
By Mike Wall last updated
Blue Origin plans to launch its next mission to suborbital space next week, but it won't be a crewed affair.
Blue Origin's private Orbital Reef space station passes key design review
By Mike Wall published
A private space station that Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and other partners plan to build just cleared a hurdle on its path to orbit.
NASA wants another moon lander for Artemis astronauts, not just SpaceX's Starship
By Mike Wall last updated
Multiple private spacecraft will be ferrying NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon just a few years from now, if all goes according to plan.
Launch photos: Blue Origin's NS-22 spaceflight sends 6 space tourists off Earth
By Elizabeth Howell published
The crew included the first people from Egypt and Portugal to reach space.
'Woohoo! We're not going to die!' Blue Origin space tourists celebrate successful mission
By Brett Tingley published
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle carried six people on a roughly 10-minute flight today (Aug. 4) — a brief mission, but long enough to change the passengers' lives forever.
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