On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. Born in 1923, Shepard was a decorated pilot with the United States Navy before he was recruited to become one of the Mercury ...

Blue Origin plans to scale up its New Shepard suborbital space program for weekly launches — and is thinking about a second ...

Blue Origin is launching another brief space flight from Texas, this time with a cryptocurrency billionaire and five other successful professionals. This will be the first commercial space flight ...

Blue Origin plans to launch its New Shepard rocket on a mission with no passengers carrying science experiments for NASA and other customers.

Blue Origin launched its 35th New Shepard suborbital mission this morning (Sept. 18) after a nearly four-week delay. The ...

"When I look at it from space, Earth is so small and that's our home," Sun said after his brief trip on the New Shepard rocket Blue Origin/Instagram Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, brought another ...

Experience a 10-minute ride to the edge of space with six crew members onboard the New Shepard rocket. Learn how this remarkable rocket operates through stunning 3D animation created with Blender 4.4 ...