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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space are on hold due to another weather delay.
Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will have a livestream for its 13th human spaceflight from company’s Launch Site One facility in Texas.
NS-33 will be Blue Origin's 13th crewed launch to date, and the fifth New Shepard launch of 2025. The mission will carry six ...
“The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut,” Duffy wrote Thursday on X. “They do not meet the FA ...
“The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut,” Duffy said. “They do not meet the FAA astronaut ...
Blue Origin's all-female crew successfully made it to space, but when it comes to whether they are considered astronauts, former federal guidelines are bringing them back down to Earth.
Duffy said the women, including Katy Perry and Gayle King, do not meet Federal Aviation Administration astronaut criteria Kayla Bartkowski/Getty; @nicolasgerardin Blue Origin's April 14 space ...
Namely, whether the six women can be called astronauts. In response to a tweet shared on Blue Origin X’s account referring, to the women as the “astronaut crew,” Sean said they do not ...
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy took to X on Thursday evening to clarify the definition of an “astronaut.” His comments follow this week’s Blue Origin mission. On Monday ...
director of Blue Origin's astronaut office, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. (Blue Origin via AP) When Katy Perry floated into microgravity aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket earlier this ...
Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King and the rest of the Blue Origins crew who flew to space on Monday may not technically be astronauts, according to federal government rules. Despite ...