Blue Origin

The private space company owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasted off from a launch site north of Van Horn, Texas Tuesday morning, with…

The space tourism company — owned by Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos — pressured employees at its Washington state headquarters to travel to the small West Texas town to carry out the company’s next test launch amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

This week, we’re delving deeper into Respect Big Bend. Diana Nguyen talks to Marilu Hastings of the Mitchell Foundation and Dr. Michael Young with the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. They talk about how the Respect Big Bend initiative got started and discuss potential impacts renewable energy production could have on Far West Texas. Later, Nguyen talks Brendan Byrne — the space reporter for member station WMFE in Orlando. They discuss Blue Origin’s mysterious operations in West Texas.

By Sally BeauvaisPrivate space flight company Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from West Texas Wednesday afternoon, marking the…

Private space flight company Blue Origin have nixed their plans for a test launch of their reusable rocket system due to weather conditions.

If all goes according to plan, it will be the 10th successful launch for the spaceflight venture founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

On Wednesday, space tourism company Blue Origin tested its New Shepard rocket once again at its West Texas facility. After an hour delay, the New Shepard…

The commercial space company Blue Origin completed another test launch this weekend at its West Texas facility in Van Horn. The mission is the company’s…

[gallery ids="33209,33208,33207"] Blue Origin - the private space travel company owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos - hosted a rocket class at Marfa ISD. It’s…

On Tuesday, the commercial space flight company Blue Origin completed it’s latest rocket test in West Texas. The company — owned by billionaire and Amazon…