The New Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space, which is in line with Blue Origin's history of ...

We're closing our live coverage of Monday's rocket launch, which saw Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launch its first ...

The crew of six launched from Texas Monday aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, flew to just over the edge of space for 11 minutes, and landed under parachute in the West Texas desert. Does that make ...

An exact launch date has not yet been announced. Not to be confused with Blue Origin's single-stage New Shepard, which ...

journalist Gayle King and music superstar Katy Perry — became astronauts after taking flight in a Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch on Monday morning. They made history as the first all-female ...

new video loaded: Blue Origin Launches All ... years included six celebrity women in a 10-minute flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, the latest launch in the wave of growing space ...

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, has previously flown notable individuals, including Bezos himself and actor William Shatner, on its New Shepard missions. To date, the company has flown 52 ...

In commercial space flights (especially those with celebrities), we often overlook the critical scientific work being ...

New Shepard doesn't just take celebrities on joy rides to the edge of space. Blue Origin regularly launches it with scientific payloads and other cargo on board from paying customers, including NASA.

Who else made the list? Celebrities like Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez fly on remote-controlled New Shepard in Texas The Blue Origin craft, New Shepard, does not have pilots on board.

Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was one of six women to set off aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on a historic all-female spaceflight on Monday morning.