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 ...

While Jeff Bezos was floating in space Tuesday morning, the internet was confounded and somewhat delighted by the shape of his rocket and capsule, New Shepard. As images of the rocket, launched by the ...

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 ...

Blue Origin will return its New Glenn rocket to flight before the year ends, CEO Dave Limp said late on Monday, days after one of the rockets exploded, damaging the company's launch pad and tightening ...