Jeff Bezos, the founder of online retail giant Amazon and the world's richest man, launched into space on Tuesday morning atop a rocket built by his space exploration company, Blue Origin. Bezos and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Blue Origin announced Thursday that an 18-year-old will be the first paying customer to join billionaire Jeff Bezos on his rocket company's first human flight, making him the ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...

A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the boundary of outer space. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, a German aerospace ...

Benthaus is among six passengers selected to ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, scheduled to get off the ground from West Texas on its 37th spaceflight. The passengers of NS-37 would join 80 ...