Jeff Bezos is due to fly to the edge of space on his Blue Origin rocket, New Shepard, on Tuesday 20 July. Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images Jeff Bezos delivered a chicken-and-rice dinner to reporters covering his Blue Origin spaceflight. Bezos, alongside his brother Mark, said […]
Space
41634 posts
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to fly to space today on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin. Bezos — who recently stepped down as Amazon’s CEO — will be one of six people on the flight. The […]
World’s richest man Jeff Bezos has been loaded on to the New Shepard rocket, ahead of a flight 66 miles above the surface of the Earth with his own firm Blue Origin. The Amazon founder will fly from Texas with his brother Mark, Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen, who will become […]
Here’s what you need to know: Another week, another billionaire with a rocket company going to space. Last week, it was Richard Branson earning his astronaut wings riding a space plane from Virgin Galactic, a company he founded 14 years ago, to an altitude of more than 50 miles above […]
Away it goes! The New Shepard rocket takes off for the NS-15 mission. Blue Origin It’s almost a week since Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson earnt his astronaut wings and another extremely wealthy human being is gearing up to do the same. On July 20, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will strap himself […]
That’s one small step for Jeff Bezos, one giant leap for Amazon. The Blue Origin founder is blasting himself out of this world with three crewmates today for a quick sub-orbital flight. The goal? For his business to leap forward in the commercial space travel industry. But it’s just going […]
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. Blue Origin In just a matter of hours, Jeff Bezos and his crewmates will be blasting into space. The Amazon billionaire, who founded Blue Origin over two decades ago, will embark on the rocket company’s first human spaceflight. Joined by his brother and […]
Jeff Bezos unveiling the “Blue Moon” lunar lander on May 9, 2019. Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images In 2019, Jeff Bezos posed the question: “What happens when unlimited demand meets finite resources?” Bezos sees space as a place where the weather could be like “Maui on […]