Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, launched the aerospace company Blue Origin in September 2000.
In December 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Blue Origin a Part 450 commercial space launch license and cleared the rocket, the New Glenn, for launch. Blue Origin called off the launch of its New Glenn rocket after encountering "a few anomalies" during the mission countdown.
In July 2021, the FAA approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans into space on its New Shepard launch system.
In 2023, the first New Shepard flight since its grounding in 2022 brought 33 payloads and 38,000 postcards on its 10-minute flight to space.
In April 2025, Blue Origin announced the New Shepard NS-31 mission, an all-female spaceflight carrying Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, and Amanda Nguyen.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin delays NS-21 suborbital spaceflight
New Shepard carries crew members above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, where they experience several minutes of weightlessness before making their descent back to Earth.
Billionaire Ken Griffin wins Blue Origin spaceflight auction, donates his seat to teacher
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin was the winning bidder for a Blue Origin spaceflight auction this week, and donated his seat to a New York City teacher.
Here's Blue Origin's NS-21 crew
Blue Origin announced the crew flying on its NS-21 mission.
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Amazon to compete with SpaceX by launching 3,236 satellites for global broadband
Amazon announced Tuesday that it has secured up to 83 planned launches over the course of five years for its initiative to construct a low Earth orbit satellite constellation called Project Kuiper.
Blue Origin launches 4th suborbital human flight
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its fourth flight Thursday, following several delays.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin expresses interest in NASA's second Artemis lunar lander contract
The Sustaining Lunar Development contract will offer an alternative to SpaceX's Starship, which is aiming to transport the first woman and first person of color to the Moon in 2025 or 2026 as part of NASA's Artemis III mission.
Blue Origin spaceflight: ‘SNL’ star Pete Davidson replaced by New Shepard architect Gary Lai
Lai, who joined the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company in 2004 and was among its first 20 employees, is currently responsible for all next generation designs, upgrades and new product development for the New Shepard business.
SNL's Pete Davidson no longer flying with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin
Blue Origin said it would announce Pete Davidson's replacement in the coming days
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin taps SNL's Pete Davidson as next spaceflight passenger
Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson is headed to suborbital space as part of Blue Origin's next human spaceflight this month.
Blue Origin launch: Michael Strahan, 5 others blast off to suborbital space
Blue Origin's third crewed mission blasted off to suborbital space on Saturday morning on board the commercial spaceflight company's New Shepard rocket.
FAA to retire astronaut wings program as commercial space tourism race ramps up
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and actor William Shatner are among the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings program's recipients.
Blue Origin flight: What to know, how to watch
After delaying Thursday's launch due to weather, Blue Origin's third human spaceflight will now lift off from Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, on Saturday morning.
Blue Origin taps Michael Strahan, others for next flight
Jeff Bezos' space exploration company, Blue Origin, on Tuesday tapped new crewmembers for its next launch into space aboard the New Shepard, including TV personality and former NFL player Michael Strahan
Bezos' Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit; win for Musk’s SpaceX
A Federal Court of Claims judge ruled against Blue Origin on Thursday, dismissing the case and the claims of safety concerns.
Tom Hanks shares hilarious reason he turned down space trip invite by Jeff Bezos
Tom Hanks was invited to travel into space by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos for a price.
Blue Origin plans commercial space station
Blue Origin is teaming up with a host of partners to develop a commercial space station, which it calls a 'mixed use business park,' by the end of the decade.
Nearly half of Americans want space travel but few would pay $100K for it: survey
Apparently, space travel is a popular desire among nearly half of American adults.
William Shatner says space was 'unlike anything I've ever seen'
“What you have given me is the most profound experience,” 90-year-old actor William Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos moments after exiting New Shepard's capsule. “I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. I just I hope I never recover from this.”
William Shatner launches into space on Blue Origin rocket
William Shatner, 90, made history on Wednesday morning aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket as the oldest person to go to space.