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One year after traveling aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket, William Shatner explains how the view of the earth from the edge of space made the actor realize how fragile the planet is.

“Booster failure on today’s uncrewed flight. Escape system performed as designed,” tweeted Blue Origin in response to the first launch mishap for Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company. This morning the capsule carrying scientific experiments but no people, separated from the New Shepard rocket using the emergency mechanism. The capsule returned to Earth, but the rocket, […]

Redwire Space, a partner in Blue Origin’s proposed orbiting space station, is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging federal securities fraud. 

From rocket tests to planetary defense, 2021 has been an eventful year for the space industry. Join the FLYING staff as we look back at our top five space stories of the year. Successful Liftoff for First All-Civilian Space Mission This year saw the world’s first of many all-civilian space flights, led by SpaceX’s Inspiration4 […]

Blue Origin broke four Guinness World Records titles during its July flight to space, including one for famed pilot Wally Funk. The mission, which was the aerospace company’s first successful human flight to space, launched on July 20 from the company’s Launch Site One near Van Horn, Texas, carrying four astronauts: Blue Origin founder Jeff […]