Blue Origin

NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which is to land the first woman and next man on the surface of the moon by 2024. The companies include SpaceX, led by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, and...

As private companies get closer to the reality of the next human landing on the moon — and the possibility of the beginnings of colonization there — and to space tourism for regular people, increased news coverage and public awareness should be good for the only publicly traded company...

The White House is asking for a 12% increase in the budget for NASA as the space agency continues to push its ambitious Artemis program to send people back to the moon and prepare for human exploration of Mars. The budget proposal requests $25.246 billion, an increase of more than $2.5 billion. The...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has sold Amazon stock worth $1.84 billion, according to the SEC filings. What Happened Bezos sold 905,456 shares of Amazon on Friday and Monday. The sale happened after the company declared better than expected earnings on Thursday. Revenue...

This year will see major milestones in the space industry, as American companies prepare for the first private launches of people into outer space and possibly the first space tourism flights. Elon Musk's SpaceX is leading the way toward a private ferry service to the International Space...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company Blue Origin is scheduled to launch experiments into space on its reusable New Shepard spacecraft on Wednesday after a weather delay that scrubbed a Tuesday liftoff. What To Know About The Mission The New Shepard will carry...

The term “frontier markets” typically refers to international diversification—that is, investing outside United States borders—and specifically nations that are developing economically and newly open to investment. But what if we were to widen that definition out a bit, from...

SpaceX and Blue Origin are among five U.S. companies added by NASA to the pool of vendors eligible to bid on moon delivery service, the space agency said Monday. SpaceX, the private space exploration company owned by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, and Blue Origin, owned by Amazon.com, Inc...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flights is set to list its shares on the public market in the near future. Two American self-made billionaires, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are also competing with Branson to make space tourism a reality. Who Will Strike First? Virgin Galactic is a...

After years of silent prep work, Blue Origin is ready to take one giant leap. The side project of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has crafted a plan not only for lunar landing, but for lunar inhabiting. At a Thursday press conference, Bezos warned again of the inevitable depletion of...

MacKenzie Bezos announced via Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) that she has finished the process of dissolving her marriage with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with jeff with support from each other and...

Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google is the gold standard of internet search and the primary destination for Americans with questions about just about anything. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, so it’s understandable...

The odds of running a $1 billion business are slim to none. Unless you’re Elon Musk. Then you run a few. The CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), SpaceX and the Boring Co. is now known to head two firms that are both valued north of $25 billion. With Tesla’s $46-billion market cap and...

Bill Gates was dethroned as the world’s wealthiest person, at least for a few hours, momentarily replaced by short-reigning Jeff Bezos. With a $1.3 billion boost from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s 1.6-percent stock pop, CEO Bezos surged to a value of $90.9 billion Thursday. The 53-...

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, has his sights set on Mars. At age 87, he may not be around to see it, but he does believe a human will make it to the Red Planet by 2040. "I like to think of myself as an innovative futurist," Aldrin told a gathering...