All systems go for Blue Origin’s spacefliers — but not for weather at Texas launch site

Trainer Sarah Knights and spacefliers-to-be look at New Shepard’s crew capsule. (Blue Origin via Instagram) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has rescheduled its next…

Blue Origin’s suborbital space trip brings the final frontier down to earth: How to watch the launch

The crew for Blue Origin’s next space mission huddles in advance of their launch on a New Shepard suborbital spaceship. From left: Gary Lai, George Nield, Jim…

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, we learned…

Husband and wife score a first for commercial spaceflight during suborbital Blue Origin trip

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship blasts off from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Say hello to the final frontier’s latest power couple: Marc…

Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Amazon and AWS join Blue Origin on Orbital Reef space station team

An artist’s conception shows the Orbital Reef space station. (Orbital Reef via Amazon) Amazon and its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, say they’re joining forces with…

Amazon reserves up to 83 rocket launches for Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation

Amazon plans to have satellites sent into orbit by (from left) United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rockets, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets and Arianespace’s Ariane 6 rockets….

Chad in Space? ‘SNL’ comic Pete Davidson is reportedly up for a ride on Blue Origin spaceship

Pete Davidson portrays a slacker astronaut in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch. (NBC / SNL via YouTube) Comedian Pete Davidson co-starred with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last…

Blue Origin’s fifth crew celebrates firsts (and seconds) after suborbital space trip

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship lifts off from its Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Blue Origin sent the first Mexican-born woman and the first crypto-crowdfunded…

After flying with SpaceX, citizen astronaut Chris Sembroski joins Blue Origin as engineer

Chris Sembroski went into orbit during the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. (SpaceX / Inspiration4 Photo) Seattle-area data engineer Chris Sembroski got his first taste of space last…

Blue Origin’s next crew will include the first Portuguese and Egyptian spacefliers

Blue Origin reveals its latest crew list, but the launch date hasn’t yet been announced. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture still has some…