Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Delays Space Tourism Launch

A replica of Blue Origin's crew capsule.

Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Jeff BezosBlue Origin delayed the launch of a crew of six on a suborbital joyride Thursday, citing an unspecified issue after earlier delays for high winds.

The New Shepard rocket was scheduled to lift off from West Texas around 11 a.m. New York time in a mission slated to include the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers.