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The next crew is set for Blue Origin’s eighth human flight on its New Shepard rocket.

City leaders want to expand New Smyrna Beach's tax base and bring in higher paying jobs.

Blue Origin will attempt a crewed launch of its reusable New Shepard rocket Sunday morning in Texas, marking the company's 25th mission using the launch vehicle and its seventh flight with humans on board.

Florida houses over 107 different billionaires vying for the title, falling just short of New York and California.

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Monday’s early-morning moon-bound launch was a much-needed win for the private space company that makes the Vulcan rocket engines.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company has launched for the first time since a crash in 2022.

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Rather than bidding $28 million to embark on a journey to space, you can now head over to the Kennedy Space Center and feel the sights and sounds of outer-world travel.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is moving back to Miami after nearly three decades in Seattle, according to our partners at WPLG Local 10.

One year after a rocket launch failure, Blue Origin is a big step closer to returning tourists to the edge of space.

Amazon has selected NASA's Kennedy Space Center for construction of a $120 million processing facility for its upcoming network of space-based internet satellites known as Kuiper.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson accompanied fellow agency heads Friday morning to announce Blue Origin was awarded a contract to develop a lunar lander for upcoming Artemis moon missions.

A private rocket company says an overheated engine nozzle is responsible for last year's failed launch.

Space officials have selected a Blue Origin rocket to launch the latest mission to Mars targeted for next year, NASA announced Thursday.

Steve Young, the owner of Pineapples restaurant in Melbourne, rocketed to zero-gravity in August and said that even after Monday's failure for Blue Origin, the businessman is still confident the New Shepard is safe.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has suffered its first launch failure.

A New Shepard mission carrying dozens of small research projects, including one from a Kissimmee school, into space experienced an “anomaly” during launch at Blue Origin’s west Texas site.

A New Shepard mission that sought to carry dozens of small research projects to space was scrubbed due to weather at Blue Origin’s west Texas launch site.

A school threat reported to authorities by students and parents at Olympia High School has been determined to be unfounded, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Blue Origin is set to launch six people, including a Brevard County restaurant owner, to suborbital space.

The staff at Pineapple’s in Melbourne were excited Wednesday evening, just hours before their boss is scheduled to launch into space.

United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and SpaceX all planned on launching crewed and uncrewed missions throughout the day Thursday, from both rural West Texas and the Florida coast.

Blue Origin has scheduled a Thursday morning launch for its sixth New Shepard crewed mission, which will take Pineapples owner Steve Young and five companions soaring into space, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

Blue Origin announced on Friday the six-member crew for its next flight, and it includes a restaurant owner in Melbourne.

A Brevard County businessman who recently sold the telecommunications-installation company Y-Com will get to fly on a future Blue Origin rocket trip, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

During a broadcast from the Seacrest studio at Arnold Palmer Hospital for children, Sharon Hagle had a chance to share her experience with the children about what it was like to launch into space.

A 26-year-old electrical and hardware engineer will become the first Mexican-born woman in space when she joins a diverse international crew for a 10-minute flight launched by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

Another crew will head to space via Blue Origin.

It’s only been a week since a Winter Park couple boarded a Blue Origin rocket for a 10-minute flight in space.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space tourism company is set to launch a rocket in Texas Thursday with a crew that includes a Central Florida couple.

Blue Origin’s upcoming heavy-lift New Glenn rocket will have to wait at least another year for its Florida debut, according to recent comments by an executive later confirmed by the company itself, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short trip to space on a Jeff Bezos rocket.

Blue Origin, the space tourism company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Monday who would be on board its next flight into space.

The "Saturday Night Live" star is in talks with Jeff Bezos to join one of his upcoming Blue Origin space flights, according to a source CNN says.

While SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have been sending rockets up at an increased pace the past several years, the Space Coast is about to get much busier with more commercial rocket companies set to join the launch party.

Blue Origin revealed Wednesday that H.E. Justin Sun, a blockchain business founder from China and Grenada, placed the winning bid.

NFL great Michael Strahan has rocketed into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket.

Blue Origin successfully launched its latest passenger spaceflight on Saturday.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will no longer give out commercial astronaut wings starting next year because too many people are launching into space.

TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait another few days before rocketing into space.

Blue Origin is planning an almost 90-acre project that will link to its factory at Exploration Park.

The world's second-richest man's rocket company has applied to modify an environmental permit to expand its factory at Kennedy Space Center.

The next celebrity heading to space has been announced.

A federal judge has denied Blue Origin's protest of a multibillion-dollar NASA moon lander contract awarded to SpaceX earlier this year, the agency confirmed Thursday.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced Monday they are teaming up to build “Orbital Reef,” a new commercial space station.

"Captain Kirk" will have to wait a little longer before he can be beamed up to space.

Perhaps Captain James T. Kirk's adventures in "Star Trek" weren't so far from reality after all.

A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin of being a toxic work environment and not following proper safety protocols.

The Federal Aviation Administration says Virgin Galactic can't launch anyone into space again until an investigation is complete into founder Richard Branson's off-course flight in July.

Blue Origin's launch was dedicated to science payloads.

Blue Origin has launched artwork painted on a capsule and a moon-landing navigation experiment for NASA into space.

A week after Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against NASA over its decision to award SpaceX a nearly $3 billion moon contract the space agency says it is voluntarily pausing work on the human lunar landing system until the legal matter is resolved.

Blue Origin is escalating its fight over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX a multibillion-dollar lunar contract.

Jeff Bezos has lost his appeal of NASA's contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its new moon lander.

The GAO sided with NASA Friday denying protests submitted by Blue Origin and Dynetics of the agency's decision to pick only SpaceX's Starship for the first human moon lander contract.

Jeff Bezos is offering to waive $2 billion in payments if NASA selects Blue Origin's human moon lander for the Artemis program.

Zoe Seel last seen in Jacksonville.

The world’s richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.

Blue Origin shared a video of the weightless experience showing the four crew floating about the spacecraft and rejoicing at the views of Earth from the large windows.

Additional locations to offer shots next week.

Jeff Bezos blasted off into space Tuesday bringing along an aviation pioneer, a teen space fan and his brother, marking the first successful human spaceflight for his company Blue Origin.

A look at what to expect from Blue Origin's first New Shepard launch with people on board.

Jeff Bezos has made it into space, riding his own company's rocket.

For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn read simply: “Farming, ranching, mining.”.

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board.

An 18-year-old will become Blue Origin’s first paying customer to fly to space, making him the youngest to go to space, the company announced Thursday.

An 18-year-old from the Netherlands is about to become the youngest person in space.

Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has gotten federal approval to launch people into space, himself included.

Virgin Galactic's shares have turned sharply lower after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock.

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's companies both will take tourists to the edge of space.

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line to ride their own rockets into space.

Two billionaires plan to both take their first spaceflights within days of eachother.

Wally Funk has waited decades to fly in space now she will get her chance flying with Blue Origin.

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.

Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government's OK to start launching customers into space from New Mexico.

Petitions to keep the tech mogul in space have garnered more than 100,000 signatures.

The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million.

The bidding for a ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is now closed at nearly $5 million.

Perks of founding a commercial space company: Getting to be among the first to fly.

The Amazon CEO says he will be flying on the first crewed flight aboard his Blue Origin rocket.

Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month on Blue Origin's first flight with a crew, becoming the first person in the world to ride his own rocket.

Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Blue Origin is set to reveal the highest bid so far in its auction for a seat on the company's first crew spaceflight.

Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin are ready to fly humans onboard its New Shepard suborbital rocket but it for a big price tag.

Both Dynetics and Blue Origin have filled a bid protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

NASA has selected SpaceX’s Starship spaceship to be the first company to put astronauts back on the moon under the Artemis program.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company has launched another capsule to the edge of space.

Blue Origin staff will conduct astronaut operations as if they were launching.

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the company's New Shepard rocket lands after a test flight in West Texas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people strap in. Thursday’s flight with a dummy named Mannequin Skywalker lasted 10 minutes and reached 66 miles (106 kilometers) above West Texas. Both the New Shepard rocket and the capsule landed successfully. It was the 14th flight to the fringes of space for a New Shepard rocket.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and capsule launch from the company's west Texas launch site on Jan. 14, 2021 marking the 14th suborbital flight for the company. (Image: Blue Origin)Blue Origin says it’s nearing its first human spaceflight with the company’s upcoming test flight from West Texas on Thursday. “We’re getting really close to flying humans, we’re getting there,” Blue Origin director of astronaut and orbital sales Ariane Cornwell said after the launch. While no humans were onboard the capsule, the company’s test dummy, Mannequin Skywalker will be in one of the six astronaut seats. Blue Origin is also developing a much larger heavy lift rocket called New Glenn that will launch from Cape Canaveral.

The sensors and computer — tested during the booster’s descent and touchdown — will hitch another suborbital ride with Blue Origin. Led by Amazon founder Bezos, Washington state-based Blue Origin is leading a team of companies to develop a lunar lander for astronauts. Tuesday’s launch was the first in nearly a year for Blue Origin: The pandemic stalled operations. Blue Origin said its staff is maintaining social distancing and taking other safety measures. Blue Origin said it needs a couple more flights before launching people — tourists, scientists and professional astronauts — on short hops.

Blue Origin is preparing to launch its New Shepard rocket to the edge of space from the company’s West Texas launch site, marking the seventh consecutive flight for this launch vehicle. Blue Origin last launched New Shepard in December. The first launch in nine months comes amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as more testing and growth at Blue Origin. On this flight, Blue Origin’s rocket will carry technology for NASA designed to enable future moon landings. ET Thursday but after a short weather delay, Blue Origin scrubbed the launch attempt due to a power supply issue for the experiments on board.