Failure comes days before planned launch of internet satellites for Amazon

   SpaceX absent from first round of commercial agreements for US space agency’s 20bn project

   Rocket maker’s chief tells staff it will need outside capital to meet ambitious launch plans

   Rocket maker hopes to quell employee uproar after old options expired without a payout

   Nasa’s first Moonshot since 1972 sees a shift from off-the-rack spacesuits to fully bespoke designs and even high fashion is getting involved

   New Glenn launch a boost for Amazon founder as he challenges Elon Musk’s grip on space market

   The private tech race is at odds with public appetite for extravagant suborbital trips

   You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out how to get selected for Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin

   In the past year, the Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with the president that has surprised even longtime...

   Billionaire’s new focus has led to job cuts and longer hours for workers at company that aims to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX

   Pop star will be part of all-female crew including company owner’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez

   Orbital mission of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift rocket deepens competition in satellite launch market

   Though the Amazon founder has ground to make up, he is unlikely to be short of customers for his space project

   An exodus of experience drags on operations and complicates effort to launch its next plane

   One of the world’s richest men discloses his latest sales as part of pre-planned disposal

   Which companies will win the rush to the Moon?

   Dave Limp will replace Bob Smith as rocket company seeks an edge in the private sector space race

   Bezos-backed rocket group eyes new partnerships and acquisitions as it competes with SpaceX

   Consolidation of the sector looms amid greater competitive pressure

   Old world, meet final frontier

   New Shepard grounded until the US aviation regulator finishes an investigation of the incident

   Arianespace, the ULA and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to provide backbone for high-speed networks

   The controversial Tesla chief executive has triggered a historic shift in the auto industry towards electric vehicles

   Increased access to the coveted title signals the space sector’s tilt towards a largely commercial endeavour

   Launch of commercial station to be called Orbital Reef eyed for latter half of this decade