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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The space race between U.S. billionaires is heating up, with Elon Musk's SpaceX planning to build a lunar base and Jeff Bezos pushing Blue Origin's ambitions as both companies aim to return humans to the moon ahead of a planned mission by China in 2030.
The new head of the US space agency has turned a long‑running procurement saga into a straight contest between two of the world’s richest men, declaring that the race is now on to see which company can deliver a working lunar lander first. After half a ...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will take a hiatus from its New Shepard spaceflights in Texas to develop a moon lander for NASA that will launch in Florida.
It was five years ago when Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin started flying people to space on board the New Shepard rocket, and since then, 98 humans have been briefly taken beyond the Karman line to enjoy moments of imponderability. But the count ...
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Blue Origin pauses New Shepard, shoots for the moon
Blue Origin announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that it will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years. The company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is instead redirecting resources to lunar spaceflight.