Amazon buying Atlas 5 rockets to launch its internet satellites
Amazon's Kuiper system of internet relay satellites will compete with OneWeb and SpaceX's Starlink program.
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Amazon's Kuiper system of internet relay satellites will compete with OneWeb and SpaceX's Starlink program.
Alaska Airlines' parent company will buy Virgina America for around $2.6 billion; Blue Origin has another successful rocket launch and landing. Those headlines and more from CBS MoneyWatch's Jill Wagner at the New York Stock Exchange.
After Wednesday's 15th unpiloted test flight, the system appears to be on the verge of commercial operations, giving six passengers at a time a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this-world view.
Amazon CEO and space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos says his rocket company, Blue Origin, successfully flew the first fully-reusable rocket to space and made a controlled landing back at the launch site. Bezos joins “CBS This Morning” from the launch site in West Texas to discuss the accomplishment he calls a “game changer" for space travel. He also shares expectations for Amazon's holiday sales and the Washington Post.
The $2.4 billion rover working in near flawless fashion as scientists plan initial exploration.
The launch will come a year later than planned after Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin lost out on a major Space Force contract.
Blue Origin says "we're getting very, very close" to launching passengers to space.
Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is ramping up to begin launching paying customers.
Lunar lander is key to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the moon in 2024.
The test flight is the latest in preparation for launching commercial passengers into space.
Boeing has plans for a lander to carry astronauts back to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program
Amazon founder says proposed moon lander could be ready within five years
Sierra Nevada Corp. picks ULA's Vulcan rocket to boost Dream Chaser spaceplanes into orbit
In an interview on "The Takeout," Vice President Mike Pence reassured the space community with the administration's strong support for a "moon-first" policy
Six hundred people have already paid Virgin Galactic $250,000 for a ticket to space
Bezos and Kennedy sat down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell ahead of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11
Bezos spoke to "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell about the future of space exploration
Norah O'Donnell interviewed Bezos ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission
The newly announced Artemis program, named after the Greek goddess of the moon, intends to land astronauts on the South Pole of the moon by 2024
Lunar lander unveiled as NASA puts finishing touches on plans to return astronauts to the moon by 2024
In the new book "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race," historian Douglas Brinkley takes a closer look at America's first space missions and how the Kennedy administration changed space exploration. Brinkley joins CBSN to discuss JFK's legacy and why the Trump administration is now pushing for a new moonshot.
CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN to discuss the 10th test flight of a New Shepard rocket by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company.
A successful test flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket puts the company a step closer to launching people
Bezos was a surprise speaker at the Wired25 conference in San Francisco on Monday
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke at the Wired25 conference in San Francisco. Bezos discussed everything from his space company, Blue Origin, to Silicon Valley's relationship with the Trump administration.