Space business

“What you have given me is the most profound experience,” 90-year-old actor William Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos moments after exiting New Shepard's capsule. “I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. I just I hope I never recover from this.”

Michio Kaku argues SpaceX is ahead of Blue Origin in terms of space exploration and tourism.

William Shatner, 90, made history on Wednesday morning aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket as the oldest person to go to space.

Blue Origin is giving Star Trek actor William Shatner a real-life chance to blast into space.

The crew of New Shepard's NS-18 mission includes 90-year-old "Star Trek" veteran William Shatner, Blue Origin's vice president of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers, former NASA engineer and Planet Labs co-founder Dr. Chris Boshuizen and Medidata co-founder and Dassault Systèmes' vice chair for life sciences and healthcare Glen de Vries.

William Shatner discusses the first thing he’ll do on his upcoming trip to space.

Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin is delaying its New Shepard NS-18 launch by one day because of anticipated weather conditions.

Forbes has released its 40th annual list of the 400 wealthiest people across the world and the majority are Americans.

A new report claims there is 'turmoil' going on at Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

A group of 21 former and current Blue Origin employees have penned an essay arguing Jeff Bezos' aerospace company is "stuck in a toxic past."

Following the investigation's findings, the FAA required Virgin Galactic to implement changes to how it communicates to the agency during flight operations. Virgin Galactic has also updated its calculations to expand the protected airspace for future flights to ensure "ample protected airspace for a variety of possible flight trajectories during spaceflight missions."

Phantom Space, a Tucson, Arizona-based space transportation and rocket manufacturing startup, has reached a deal valued at up to $240 million to design, build and launch a 72-satellite constellation that will carry Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) payloads for wireless network provider Ingenu.

The suborbital spaceflight, scheduled to liftoff on Oct. 12 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas, will carry a crew of four, including former NASA engineer Chris Boshuizen and health care technology executive Glen de Vries.

According to TMZ, the 90-year-old "Star Trek" veteran will climb aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for a 15-minute suborbital spaceflight scheduled for October.

Billionaire Elon Musk said SpaceX is already plotting some upgrades for its next flight following the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew’s successful mission earlier this month.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, chipped in $50 million for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital to help it exceed Inspiration4’s $200 million fundraising goal.

Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman made even more history Thursday night when he placed the first-ever official sports wagers from space.

"Congratulations to @ElonMusk and the @SpaceX team on their successful Inspiration4 launch last night," Bezos tweeted Thursday afternoon. "Another step towards a future where space is accessible to all of us."

The awards include $9.4 million for SpaceX, $25.6 million for Blue Origin, $34.8 million for Northrop Grumman, $35.2 million for Lockheed Martin, and $40.8 million for Dynetics.