VAN HORN, Texas - Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket blasted off into space on Tuesday with its founder Jeff Bezos and others on board in what was the company’s first-ever astronaut flight. Bezos, the founder of both Blue Origin and Amazon, was launched ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Blue Origin announced Thursday that an 18-year-old will be the first paying customer to join billionaire Jeff Bezos on his rocket company's first human flight, making him the youngest person to travel to space. Oliver Daemen will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the boundary of outer space. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, a German ...

Six people have been announced as the next group of passengers who will make a short trip to the edge of space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

A mystery passenger will be aboard Blue Origin’s next space tourism mission, after deciding to keep their identity secret until after Wednesday’s flight. Jeff Bezos’s private space firm will launch six people to the edge of space aboard its New ...