Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon
30 Jan 2026
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THE NEW YORK TIMES - The small, stubby New Shepard rocket from the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos has sent celebrities like William Shatner, Michael Strahan and Katy Perry to the edge of space.
Now, it won’t be going anywhere for a while.
The company, Blue Origin, announced on Friday that it was pausing launches of New Shepard for at least two years so that it could concentrate on efforts needed for NASA’s upcoming missions to send astronauts back to the moon.
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Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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