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Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin is targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 suborbital launch, which will fly a wheelchair user to space for the first time ever.

From Bezos to beyond: Blue Origin quiz
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Whether you're a casual fan or a spaceflight enthusiast, see how well you know one of the companies pushing the boundaries of commercial space travel.

Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

Watch Blue Origin launch its 15th space tourism mission today
By Mike Wall last updated
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday morning (Oct. 8), and you can watch it live.

Blue Origin reveals space tourists to launch on next New Shepard rocket
By Mike Wall published
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just announced the passenger list for NS-36, the company's 15th space tourism launch.

Virgin Galactic to launch 'Purdue 1' human spaceflight in 2027
By Mike Wall published
Purdue University, known as the "cradle of astronauts," will send a six-person crew to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic in 2027.
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