Bezos’s Blue Origin to ‘pause’ space tourism to focus on Moon efforts

New York (AFP) Jan 30, 2026

Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin said Friday it would temporarily pause flights of its space tourism rocket to focus more resources on its lunar ambitions.

The company said in a statement it would "pause New Shepard flights for no less than two years" in order to "further accelerate development of the company’s human lunar capabilities."