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12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.

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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.

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German paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to travel to space

A paraplegic engineer from Germany was part of a crew that made a suborbital journey on a spacecraft operated by Jeff Bezos’ company, Blue Origin.

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Starship success, a private moon landing and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2025

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

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Watch: Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space

An engineer became the first wheelchair user to travel to space on Saturday, 20 December.

The Independent UK

Woman becomes first wheelchair user to ever visit space on historic Blue Origin flight

Her goal is to make not only space accessible to the disabled, but to improve accessibility on Earth too

The Independent UK

Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)

Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

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Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user

Blue Origin is targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 suborbital launch, which will fly a wheelchair user to space for the first time ever.

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Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin Plan To Put AI in Space. Will It Produce Skynet or Untold Economic Abundance?

NIMBY opposition is forcing some Big Tech companies to consider locating their data centers in space.

Reason

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars.

The Conversation

Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities

Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 space tourism launch has special significance: One of the passengers is Michi Benthaus, who will become the first wheelchair user in space.

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Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

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Jeff Bezos' Vision of Millions Living in Space Nears Reality After Blue Origin Rocket Breakthrough

Blue Origin's New Glenn landing confirms it as SpaceX's top rival as Bezos predicts millions living in space within 20 years, reshaping the space race.

International Business Times UK

Celebrity crib sheet: Katy Perry has spent all year in the headlines – here are the six things you need to know

She made a short, and much-ridiculed, trip to space. She tried to buy a house and fell foul of public opinion. And she’s found love, apparently, with Justin Trudeau. Time to get up to speed before this singer next hits the headlines

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Benzinga

Billionaire Jeff Bezos Says 'Humans Value Beauty And Art' Too Much To Destroy Earth, Calling It 'This Beautiful Gem Of A Planet'

Jeff Bezos isn't just the founder of Amazon—he's also the CEO of Blue Origin, the space company he launched to help humanity think bigger. But unlike some of his billionaire peers, Bezos isn't looking to abandon Earth.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Wants Us To Flee Earth & Live On Mars To Save Humanity—But Jeff Bezos Says 'There Is No Plan B… We Have To Save Earth, This Is The Good One'

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos wants to move industry off Earth to save the planet. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, wants to move people off Earth to save humanity. Same mission: space. Very different destination.

Space

Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket remained strikingly clean and white after two trips through Earth's atmosphere last week. Here's why the booster stayed largely char-free.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin plans to build an even more powerful version of its partially reusable New Glenn rocket, which aced its second-ever launch just last week.

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The Independent UK

‘Copycat’ Jeff Bezos becomes latest billionaire to launch AI startup

Project Prometheus has already raised billions and poached employees from Meta and OpenAI

Euronews

Jeff Bezos reportedly joins AI race as CEO of start-up ‘Project Prometheus’. Here is all we know

The founder of Amazon and Blue Origin is stepping into his first operational role at a company since 2021 at AI start-up Project Prometheus, according to a report.

International Business Times UK

Battle of AI Titans: Elon Musk Calls Jeff Bezos a 'Copycat' After Amazon Founder Announces His Project Prometheus AI Startup

Jeff Bezos launches AI startup Project Prometheus—Elon Musk responds with 'copycat' jibe.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Calls Jeff Bezos 'Copycat' After Reported Launch Of AI Startup Project Prometheus: 'Haha No Way'

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday took a jibe at reports of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos's new startup, Project Prometheus.

Fortune

Jeff Bezos is reportedly becoming a CEO again—and it's for a $6.2 billion AI startup called 'Project Prometheus'

Prometheus brought fire to humanity in Greek myth. Could Project Prometheus help make Bezos' dreams of "millions of people living in space" come true?

Benzinga

Bezos Vs. Musk: Billionaire Battle Goes From Space To AI With New Company

Two of the world's wealthiest people could be gearing up for a new battle, with Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos taking on the artificial intelligence sector and billionaire Elon Musk.

Space

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket ace its epic landing on a ship at sea (video)

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket just aced its second-ever mission —and returned to Earth safely for the first time. See a video of the booster's dramatic homecoming here.

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