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Blue Origin

Blue Origin is a private spaceflight company based in Kent, Washington that is working to send tourists to space on its reusable suborbital rocket called New Shepard. The company was created in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. 

In 2015, Blue Origin made history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket for the first time. The company is currently developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon that will make robotic cargo deliveries to the lunar surface, and it is partnering with SpaceX and Dynetics to develop a human-rated moon lander that will carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024 under NASA's Artemis Program.

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The crew of Blue Origin's NS-19 mission at apogee on Dec. 11, 2021. Pictured from left to right: Evan Dick, Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess and Cameron Bess.

Launching with Blue Origin: Q&A with spaceflight veteran Dylan Taylor

By Leonard David published

The founder of Space for Humanity reflects on his Dec. 11 suborbital flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft.

A New Shepard rocket and capsule lift off from Blue Origin's launch site in West Texas.

Winner of Blue Origin's $28 million auction to fly with 5 'space warriors' next year

By Mike Wall published

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of the blockchain platform Tron, announced today (Dec. 22) that he's the person who paid $28 million for a seat aboard Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight.

Laura Shepard Churchley's New Shepard 19 launch on Dec. 11, 2021 (at right) and Mercury-Redstone 3 lifting off with her father, Alan Shepard, on May 5, 1961, 60 years ago.

Shepard vs New Shepard: How astronaut daughter's Blue Origin launch stacks up

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Laura Shepard Churchley is now the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first. Churchley followed in her father's flight trajectory by flying on board Blue Origin's New Shepard.

Blue Origin New Shepard NS-19 passenger Cameron Bess holds up a toy football while floating in weightlessness during their suborbital spaceflight on Dec. 11, 2021.

Pansexual astronaut Cameron Bess on launching with Blue Origin and why diversity matters in space

By Elizabeth Howell published

Pansexual Twitch streamer Cameron Bess fulfilled a lifelong dream to go to space on Saturday (Dec. 11) on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

Blue Origin's New Shepard 19 (NS-19) crew, from left to right: Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick.

Michael Strahan's Blue Origin Launch on New Shepard: Mission updates and recap

By Tariq Malik, Elizabeth Howell published

Blue Origin NS-19 cabin video

'This is heaven!': Watch Michael Strahan and crew float in space in this Blue Origin launch video

By Elizabeth Howell published

With tiny footballs, cheers and wide smiles, Blue Origin's biggest crew of space tourists yet clearly had a blast on their trip to space this weekend.

Good Morning America co-anchor and former NFL star Michael Strahan embraces Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, as Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space after they flew into space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard on Dec. 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas.

'I want to go back!' Michael Strahan can't get enough of space after Blue Origin launch

By Elizabeth Howell published

The former NFL star and "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan launched into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket Saturday (Dec. 11)

The famous "Star Trek" LLAP symbol flew to space with the Blue Origin NS-19 flight. (Image credit: Blue Origin)

Blue Origin launches necklace honoring 'Star Trek' actor Leonard Nimoy into space on New Shepard

By Elizabeth Howell published

The sterling silver necklace, bearing the LLAP symbol, went aloft on a Blue Origin flight with the personal items of Laura Shepard Churchley.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches a crew of six, including Good Morning America's Michael Strahan, on a suborbital flight from Launch Site One near Van Horn, Texas on Dec. 11, 2021.

Blue Origin launches Michael Strahan and crew of 5 on record-setting suborbital spaceflight

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Blue Origin successfully launched its first six-person crew into space on Saturday (Dec. 11), and in the process, set six new space records.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company's West Texas launch site, carrying Jeff Bezos along with his brother Mark Bezos, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen and 82-year-old Wally Funk, on July 20, 2021. It was the company’s first crewed spaceflight.

How to watch Blue Origin launch GMA host Michael Strahan and crew to space today

By Elizabeth Howell published

Blue Origin's third crewed launch, targeted for Saturday morning (Dec. 11), will feature an 11-minute flight to suborbital space and back.

Blue Origin's New Shepard 19 (NS-19) crew, from left to right: Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick.

Michael Strahan taking football to space on Blue Origin flight Saturday

By Mike Wall published

Michael Strahan, who played in the NFL from 1993 to 2007, will tote a football on his suborbital jaunt with Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin on Saturday.

The Inspiration4 crew poses for a selfie in the Crew Dragon cupola.

FAA ending commercial astronaut wings program as more people reach space

By Elizabeth Howell published

The 17-year-old program met its goal in raising awareness and the names will still be listed online, the agency said.

Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of the first American in space Alan Shepard, is seen wearing a Blue Origin cap at the first human flight of the company's New Shepard launch vehicle in July 2021. Churchley is set to follow in her father's footsteps, flying on Blue Origin's third crewed flight in December.

Astronaut Alan Shepard's daughter says she's excited to follow him to space

By Elizabeth Howell published

Laura Shepard Churchley is set to launch on a Blue Origin flight Saturday (Dec. 11).

The six passengers of Blue Origin's NS-19 flight, from left: Dylan Taylor, Lane and Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick.

What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with GMA host Michael Strahan?

By Elizabeth Howell published

Blue Origin's third crewed mission is expected to lift off early Saturday morning (Dec. 11).

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company's West Texas launch site, carrying Jeff Bezos along with his brother Mark Bezos, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen and 82-year-old Wally Funk, on July 20, 2021.

Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with GMA anchor Michael Strahan: When to watch and what to know

By Elizabeth Howell published

Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of Laura Shepard Churchley and her crew on the New Shepard spacecraft on Dec. 11, 2021.

Blue Origin's third crewed New Shepard flight, NS-19, will be the first to launch with all six of the spacecraft's seats filled. Laura Shepard Churchley (at right), the eldest daughter of first American in space Alan Shepard, will fly with "Good Morning America" anchor Michael Strahan (at left) and paying passengers Dylan Taylor, Evan Dick and parent-child pair Lane and Cameron Bess.

Blue Origin launch with GMA host Michael Strahan delayed to Saturday by high winds

By Elizabeth Howell published

Windy conditions pushed off the third crewed launch of the New Shepard system.

Blue Origin has teamed up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others to build Orbital Reef, a private space station, to begin flying by the end of the 2020s.

NASA awards $415 million for private space stations amid ISS transition questions

By Elizabeth Howell published

Three companies snagged a total of $415 million to develop their private space station designs.

Blue Origin's third crewed New Shepard flight, NS-19, will be the first to launch with all six of the spacecraft's seats filled. Laura Shepard Churchley (at right), the eldest daughter of first American in space Alan Shepard, will fly with "Good Morning America" anchor Michael Strahan (at left) and paying passengers Dylan Taylor, Evan Dick and parent-child pair Lane and Cameron Bess.

Blue Origin to fly 1st astronaut's daughter, GMA host Michael Strahan on New Shepard spaceflight

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Sixty years after watching her father launch on the first American spaceflight, Laura Shepard Churchley will fly with GMA host Michael Strahan and four paying passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard.

Blue Origin's official portrait of Glen de Vries, taken ahead of his New Shepard NS-18 spaceflight in 2021.

Glen de Vries, who flew to space with William Shatner, killed in plane crash

By Hanneke Weitering published

Glen de Vries, one of the passengers who accompanied the "Star Trek" legend William Shatner on a Blue Origin spaceflight last month, was killed in a plane crash in New Jersey on Nov. 11.

Tom Hanks told Jimmy Kimmel that he turned down Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space.

Tom Hanks said 'No thanks' to a space trip offer from Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos. Here's why.

By Chelsea Gohd published

Tom Hanks isn't interested in Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space.