The US space agency's Artemis program hopes to return humans to the Moon as China forges ahead with a rival effort that is targeting 2030 at the latest for its first crewed mission.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sets new launch attempt for Tuesday
The company finally announced a December 18 launch from its base near Van Horn, Texas. But on the day itself it first pushed back the takeoff window because of cold weather, then declared it was off. "We're scrubbing #NS24 today due to a ground system issue the team is troubleshooting,"...NASA taps Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander
Washington, United States - Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. Blue Origin's lander was selected...
Amazon inks satellite deals
Satellites in low orbit to provide internet service to people below.
Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000
Previously, only people who had paid a deposit to be on a waiting list could buy new tickets -- but now sales are once more open to everyone.
NASA awards $415m contracts for commercial space stations
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, aerospace company Nanoracks and defense contractor Northrop Grumman won $130 million, $160 million, and $125.6 million contracts respectively to develop their orbital outposts. A fourth company, Axiom Space, was previously awarded a $140 million contract.Virgin continues space ticket sale
The current fare is $450,000 per seat.
UAE and Blue Origin to explore space economy and space tourism opportunities
The UAE will explore investment opportunities in the space economy and space tourism services besides other related ventures with Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight service company. In this direction, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, along with Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for...
Space tourism: What’s on offer for those who can pay?
The era of space tourism comes with many options: a few minutes of weightlessness, or a few days or a short hop above the Earth's atmosphere or a journey to the Moon and back.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos ready to ride his own rocket to space
Blue Origin has planned its first crewed mission, an 11-minute hop from west Texas to beyond the Karman line and back again, to coincide with the 52nd anniversary of the first Moon landing
After conquering Earth, Bezos eyes new frontier in space
His journey into space aboard a reusable rocket built by his firm Blue Origin comes just two weeks after he stepped aside as chief executive of Amazon
Mystery bidder buys trip to space with Jeff Bezos for $28 million
Bezos, his brother, the bidder and the fourth and final crew member will fly to the edge of space and back on July 20 This will be the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire’s company, Blue Origin A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction on Saturday for a seat...
