82-year-old aviator Wally Funk became the oldest person to travel to space after Jeff Bezos invited her to join him and two other civilians on the flight of his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket to ...

Jeff Bezos is taking his rocket company to the next frontier: Kid’s cartoons. Blue Origin has partnered with Genius Brands and SMAC Productions to develop and produce an animated series that’s ...

In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.

Blue Origin is making progress toward its goal of flying human astronauts aboard its spacecraft, with a plan to run an “astronaut rehearsal” during a launch it has planned for Wednesday, April 14.

Blue Origin's Astronaut Village. Blue Origin The campsite is down a long dirt path with "tight security," said DiCostanzo, who slept in a hotel room nearby, which he said was paid for by the company.

The first American in space, Alan Shepard, soared to 116 miles above sea level during his May 5, 1961, suborbital flight. This means that Shepard, like the Blue Origin crew, did not obit, and only ...

Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut.

“The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut,” Sean Duffy wrote on X.

Blue Origin aims to shatter two longstanding astronaut age records on its debut crewed flight with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and his brother on Tuesday (July 20). Flying aboard the company's ...