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Recent Suborbital Spaceflight Ridicule Omits A Key Thing: Space Suits
Social media posts have called out the recent Blue Origin flight as a PR stunt for the rich. Maybe, but what about the issue ...
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All-Women Blue Origin Flight Gets Social Media Flack From US Secretary of Transportation
Monday’s Blue Origin all-female space flight has seemingly accomplished the impossible. In a world where everything from life-saving medical advances to Disney’s programming slate has been the ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flop is bigger than Katy Perry
Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. You know, I was simply going to ignore the bizarre Blue Origin stunt flight from earlier this week. But then it flopped beyond my wildest imagination ...
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Why Is Blue Origin Facing Backlash? Inside the All-Female Space Trip's Controversy — and How Its Crew Is Responding
Nicolas Gerardin/BLUE ORIGIN Blue Origin, the space travel company owned by Jeff Bezos, has been taking passengers up to space since 2021 — but its latest trip didn't resonate with everyone.
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Blue Origin's all-woman space flight made history, but not in the way it's promoting
Gayle King wishes everybody would adopt a more realistic perspective about Monday’s Blue Origin space outing. The “CBS Mornings” co-host has been telling anyone who will listen that what she ...
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Unpacking claims Jeff Bezos opening the Blue Origin capsule hatch was staged
Following the April 14, 2025, journey of private space technology company Blue Origin's New Shepard Mission NS-31 — a highly publicized (and criticized) 11-minute spaceflight with an all ...
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Blue Origin truthers refuse to believe Katy Perry actually went to space
A wild new conspiracy theory emerged online trying to discredit Blue Origin’s all-female flight to space: it never happened. The roughly 11-minute voyage’s crew featured singer Katy Perry ...
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Gayle King Responds to “Haters” Questioning Blue Origin Flight: “I Wish People Would Do More Due Diligence”
“My question is, ‘Have y’all been to space?’ Go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing,’” the TV host said. By McKinley Franklin ...
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The Blue Origin Flight Was Fake Conspiracy Theories, Explained (and Debunked)
Being critical is one thing, but now there are conspiracy theories that the whole Blue Origin flight was fake. Hey, some people still think the moon landing was faked, so can we really be surprised?
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That Blue Origin flight was a success but isn’t landing well among some stars: ‘Disgusted’
Earth to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin: This week’s fleeting space launch featuring an all-female crew was a wasteful, performative and tone-deaf endeavor reminiscent of the “Hunger Games ...
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After Blue Origin's New Shepard flight, the question arose: what makes one an 'astronaut?'
The crew of six launched from Texas Monday aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, flew to just over the edge of space for 11 minutes, and landed under parachute in the West Texas desert. Does that make ...