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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Blue Origin rocket carries first Black astronaut candidate into space 04:22. Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old artist and former Air Force test pilot who was denied a chance to become the first African ...

The NS-25 astronauts during training at Launch Site One. Blue Origin. Ed Dwight, was selected for NASA training in 1961, but the first Black astronaut candidate for the U.S. never got the chance ...