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# Blue Origin

Last month
May 2023
# Artemis
Nasa picks Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to build second lunar lander for Moon mission
Blue Origin will use its still-in-development New Glenn rocket to launch its lunar missions from Cape Canaveral.
Last year
2022
# Blue Origin
Bezos Blue Origin rocket fails during launch with only experiments aboard
The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after lift-off.
All time
# RIP
Businessman Glen M de Vries who went to space with William Shatner dies in plane crash
Glen M de Vries, 49, was on board a Blue Origin space flight last month.
# PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
Star Trek actor William Shatner makes history as oldest man in space
Shatner said it was ‘the most profound experience I can imagine’
# star trekkin
Star Trek actor William Shatner to rocket into space later this month
Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced that Shatner will blast off on 12 October.
# space cadets
Somebody has bid $28 million for a trip to space with Jeff Bezos
The auction winner’s identity will be revealed in a couple of weeks.
# Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket to launch again in July - this time with a crew on board
One of the seats will be taken by the winner of an online auction.
# private spaceships
The new space race, and the startups looking to profit from it
Whether for personal dreams of adventure or for profit, these companies are doing the engineering and basic science needed to get humans into space.