Blue Origin is preparing another tourist flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere, but this one carries a first that could reshape who gets to go to space. When New Shepard Mission NS-37 lifts off, Michaela ...

Blue Origin’s next suborbital mission is poised to do more than sell another batch of high-altitude joyrides. By flying a wheelchair user on its New Shepard rocket, the company is testing how far ...

Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight is poised to mark a turning point for space tourism, with a wheelchair user preparing to join the crew on a suborbital trip that will cross the boundary of space.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...

Update: The New Shepard rocket launched on Saturday. Blue Origin said it scrubbed Thursday's launch after it "observed an issue with our built-in checks prior to the flight." Michaela “Michi” Benthaus ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at ...