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Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon

January 31, 2026

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, is pausing its space tourism flights using the New Shepard rocket for at least two years. The company aims to prioritize its contracts with NASA to develop a lunar lander for upcoming missions to the Moon.

Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon

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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket has completed flights for 98 people since July 2021.
The company will halt human space launches to focus on lunar lander development.
The pause in space tourism is expected to last for at least two years.

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Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon

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