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Blue Origin halts New Shepard as Bezos team races to hit the moon

Blue Origin has slammed the brakes on its New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years, shelving a space tourism program that has carried 100 people, including Jeff Bezos, since crewed ...
GeekWire

Blue Origin reportedly plans to expand New Shepard suborbital space fleet and launch facilities

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship lifts off for an suborbital trip in April. (Blue Origin Photo) The executive in charge of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space program has laid out plans to ...
El Paso Times

Bezos pauses space tourism. Can Branson’s Virgin Galactic 'fill that gap?'

Blue Origin has paused its New Shepard space tourism program to focus on developing its lunar vehicles. Virgin Galactic plans to resume its own commercial spaceflights in 2026 in New Mexico with a new ...
SpaceNews

Blue Origin retires New Shepard capsule after payload flight

The New Shepard capsule RSS H.G. Wells descends on its 12th and final flight on the NS-35 mission Sept. 19. Credit: Blue Origin webcast PARIS — Blue Origin is retiring a New Shepard capsule that flew ...
Astronomy

Blue Origin pauses New Shepard, shoots for the Moon

Blue Origin announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that it will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years. The company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is instead redirecting resources to lunar ...