Blue Origin

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...

Jeff Bezos is looking to put his $84.9 billion to good use. Request for ideas… pic.twitter.com/j6D68mhseL — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017 The polymath owner of the Washington Post and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Blue Origin tweeted Thursday a request for...

The race to conquer the cosmos kicked off when the Soviet Union launched a beachball-sized satellite named Sputnik in 1957. It peaked when two Americans walked on the moon 12 years later. The space shuttle program later proved you could reuse spacecraft, though the cost was the lives of two crews...

As flying taxis transform Dubai into the Jetsons’ actual Orbit City and revelations abound of Obama-era CIA hacks, a common theme is emerging in contemporary society. The augury of artists is justified. Now, as the world’s ultra-wealthy emulate supervillains with futuristic ventures and...

In the 1960s, the great Space Race was a battle between the two most powerful nations in the world: the United States and the Soviet Union. In the 21st century, the race has shifted to two of the most recognizable billionaires: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon.com, Inc...

Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A — the origin of such historic flights as Apollos 8 and 11 — saw action for the first time since 2011 with the Sunday morning takeoff of SpaceX’s Dragon and Falcon 9. The site’s 95th launch was initially scheduled for Saturday,...

Elon Musk and Richard Branson aren't the only large company execs with a penchant for space exploration. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s Jeff Bezos publicly joined this race with his company, Blue Origin. It's been reported that Blue Origin is getting closer to its aim of...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a giant rocket. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has an even bigger one. On Monday morning, Bezos tweeted an image of Blue Origin’s New Glenn 2-stage and 3-stage rockets, both of which are...

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), is also the founder of Blue Origin – a private company that develops vehicles and technologies to enable commercial human space transportation. Blue Origin announced on Tuesday that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully lifted off...