Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. He also walked on the moon. New Shepard launched from the ...

The upcoming test flight of the uncrewed New Shepard was announced on Friday by Jeff Bezos via Twitter. The Amazon CEO tweeted Friday morning that preparations are underway for a Sunday launch from ...

A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-25 mission from Texas. Watch the crew enjoying zero-g and flight highlights. According to Space.com, the Six people aboard were Ed Dwight, the U.S.'s ...

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 ...

Update for Aug. 26: Blue Origin will not launch its latest uncrewed mission on Aug. 26 after all. "We're standing down on today's NS-35 launch attempt to continue to troubleshoot an issue with the ...