Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced plans to pause its New Shepard human spaceflights for at least two years to focus on developing a lunar lander.

Blue Origin is pausing flights aboard its suborbital space tourism rocket New Shepard in order to expedite development of a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program.

Blue Origin announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that it will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years. The company, owned by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press ...

Blue Origin has slammed the brakes on its New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years, shelving a space tourism ...

New Shepard, designed primarily for suborbital space tourism, has been the flagship rocket for Blue Origin. With successful flights carrying both crew and payloads, it has positioned itself as a ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The space tourism rocket that blasted celebrities like Katy Perry and William Shatner to space is shuttering operations, at least for two years, Blue Origin said on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press ...

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Friday said it was "pausing" flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years, effectively cancelling the company's centerpiece space tourism vehicle ...

The company is shifting its focus to developing lunar lander technology for NASA's Artemis missions. Nearly 100 people have flown on the suborbital New Shepard rocket since its first crewed flight in ...