Years in the making, the commercial rocket is on the verge of its maiden flight.

Bezos started Blue Origin in 2000, but its first small rocket, New Shepard, has primarily focused ... U.S. space agency tries to transition to a new model of space research, wherein businesses ...

Nasa's Valkyrie robot was built by the Johnson Space Center to compete in a 2013 robotics challenge trial. Weighing 300lb and ...

Most of those have been into orbit (circling the Earth) or suborbit (short vertical hops into space lasting minutes, on vehicles like the US company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket). "Prestige ...