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William Shatner says space trip hit home how society is ‘gambling’ with planet

Star Trek’s William Shatner has said his trip to space emphasised to him how society is “gambling” with the planet. Last October, the 91-year-old became the oldest person to travel to space after he blasted off in a rocket built by Jeff Bezos’s Blue ...

14 Aug 2022 at 14:14

Pete Davidson drops out of Blue Origin space flight

Comedian Pete Davidson has dropped out of his cosmic voyage on Jeff Bezos’ rocket. Blue Origin announced that the Saturday Night Live comic was no longer able to take part in shuttle’s 20th flight, after the date was postponed. The flight, which ...

18 Mar 2022 at 05:25

Comedian Pete Davidson secures seat on Blue Origin space flight

Comedian Pete Davidson will blast off to space in a rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ company. Blue Origin announced that the Saturday Night Live comic will be among the passengers on its 20th flight scheduled for March 23. He follows Star Trek actor ...

14 Mar 2022 at 17:55

World

Mexican-born engineer pushing for more diversity in 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’s Blue Origin. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, Katya ...

03 Jun 2022 at 11:29

Technology

Amazon links up with rocket companies to provide affordable broadband

Amazon is working with three rocket companies to help launch communications satellites the online retail giant says will help provide fast, affordable broadband to millions of under-served people around the world. Seattle-based Amazon said ...

05 Apr 2022 at 18:25

World

Bezos rocket fails during lift-off with only experiments aboard

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday. No one was aboard, only science experiments. The Blue Origin rocket blasted off from West Texas and was barely a minute into the flight when bright yellow flames shot ...

12 Sept 2022 at 19:26

World

Jeff Bezos’s space company launches first flight since 2022 crash

Jeff Bezos’s space company successfully launched a rocket carrying experiments on Tuesday, its first flight since engine trouble caused a crash more than a year ago. The New Shepard rocket lifted off from western Texas, lifting a ...

19 Dec 2023 at 18:24

World

Nasa picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a Nasa contract to land astronauts on the Moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX. Blue Origin received a 3.4 billion (£2.7 billion) contract on Friday to lead a team to develop a lunar ...

19 May 2023 at 18:55

World

America’s first black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later

America’s first black astronaut candidate has finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’s rocket company. Ed Dwight was a US Air Force pilot when President John F Kennedy championed him as a ...

19 May 2024 at 17:28

Music

Katy Perry among six-woman crew blasted into space as part of Blue Origin flight

Singer Katy Perry could be heard yelling “oh my god” as she was blasted into space as part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard NS-31 embarking on the Blue Origin programme. The Firework singer could ...

14 Apr 2025 at 15:34

Music

Katy Perry takes astronaut lessons hours before space mission

Katy Perry is undertaking final preparations before she joins an all-female crew on a Blue Origin space flight. The US pop star will join five other women for the first female-only mission in more than six ...

14 Apr 2025 at 07:23

Music

Katy Perry ‘received message from the universe’ to take part in space mission

Katy Perry has said she received “confirmation” from the universe that she should take part in the Blue Origin space mission. The US pop star, 40, is part of a six-woman crew flying to space on Jeff ...

13 Apr 2025 at 23:31

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