The Irish Times

Amazon seals deals to send internet satellites into space

Tech group plans network aimed at consumers, business and government agencies

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 15:44

Davos organisers offer us something else to worry about: outer space

Junkyard of Earth orbit set to worsen further – 70,000 launches to come in decades ahead

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 06:15

Elon Musk’s vision vindicated as car companies embrace electric vehicles

‘For a long time, the rest of the auto industry was basically calling Tesla and me fools and frauds’

Wed Dec 15 2021 - 16:13

How to watch William Shatner launch into space on Blue Origin

Star Trek actor and three others to take brief journey to the edge of space on Wednesday

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 09:09

Beam me up, Scotty: Why is Jeff Bezos firing Captain Kirk into space next week?

William Shatner has a seat on New Shepard courtesy of the Amazon founder and Star Trek fan

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 12:35

Star Trek actor William Shatner to be launched into space

‘I’m going to be a rocket man!’, 90-year-old actor tweets ahead of blast-off from Texas next week

Mon Oct 04 2021 - 17:01

Sky-high prices: Virgin Galactic almost doubles fare for trips to space

Richard Branson’s company resumes sales of tickets for flights – at a much higher price

Fri Aug 06 2021 - 09:01

Jeff Bezos offers Nasa $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Amazon founder wants company Blue Origin to make spacecraft for another moon landing

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 09:45

So now Jeff Bezos has been to space, he’s an astronaut, right? Er, maybe not

Blue Origin’s flight didn’t meet the rules, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 09:39

World’s richest man Jeff Bezos completes inaugural space voyage

American billionaire launches from desert site in West Texas and lands safely on earth

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 14:34

Irish Times view on the new space race: breaking the bonds of Earth

Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are boldly going where no billionaire has gone before

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 20:00

Richard Branson flies to edge of space in Virgin Galactic spacecraft

Flight comes nine days before Amazon’s Jeff Bezos due to go higher in Blue Origin rocket

Sun Jul 11 2021 - 17:39

It would be wrong to let Jeff Bezos ruin space for the rest of us

It is not the dull frontier the Amazon founder somehow makes it seem

Mon Jul 05 2021 - 13:36

Wally Funk (82) to join Bezos in space flight later this month

In the 1960s Funk was denied the chance to become an astronaut because of her gender

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 21:52

After Jeff Bezos: the changing of the guard at Amazon

Andy Jassy takes over as the $1.7tn company comes under intense political and regulatory scrutiny

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 10:41

Bezos’s space jaunt, Kanye’s puffer and Boris Johnson’s ‘cruel and unusual punishment’

Planet Business: Office? What office?

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 05:37

As Jeff Bezos steps aside, what comes next for Amazon?

Company founder to be replaced as CEO by Andy Jassy, seen as a steady hand on the tiller

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 14:02

Bezos signals partial end to epic run at helm of Amazon

But decision to step down feels natural and almost inevitable

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 08:04

Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to claim title of world’s richest person

Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur now has net worth of $188.5bn

Thu Jan 07 2021 - 17:52

Managing through a crisis: Jeff Bezos gets his hands dirty again at Amazon

Wealthiest man in the world has become $25bn richer since early March

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 12:45

Jeff Bezos sells €3.2bn of Amazon shares in a week

World’s richest man previously said he needed to sell stock to fund space exploration plans

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 13:42

Politicians should be sent to space, says Prof Brian Cox

Cosmologist speaks at Young Scientist exhibition in Dublin

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 16:38

Where will humans live if Earth becomes uninhabitable?

The Moon, Mars and orbiting colonies are all being explored as possible options

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 02:38

Jeff Bezos jettisons more stock as he ramps up space travel plans

Amazon founder sells $1.8bn of Amazon shares in first stock sale since divorce

Thu Aug 01 2019 - 15:41

SpaceX launches first phase of $10bn planet-wide broadband rollout

SpaceX hopes that by next year hundreds of satellites will be circling the planet, beaming high-speed internet to almost anywhere on Earth

Thu May 30 2019 - 02:50

MacKenzie Bezos promises to give away billions

Novelist became world’s fourth richest woman after divorce from Jeff Bezos

Wed May 29 2019 - 10:32

Jeff Bezos launches plan for moon vehicle

Amazon founder plots multigenerational bid to build colonies for humans in space

Fri May 10 2019 - 13:39

MacKenzie Bezos gets $35bn worth of Amazon stock in divorce deal

Arrangement expected to make Ms Bezos third richest woman in world

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 19:09

Amazon’s pay rise: perfect PR or leading a reluctant pack?

Online retailer has raised its US minimum wage to $15 per hour

Wed Oct 03 2018 - 17:19

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to start $2bn charitable fund

Money used will open pre-schools in low-income neighbourhoods

Thu Sept 13 2018 - 21:29

Jeff Bezos moved into philanthropy with a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more

Denis O’Brien offers advice to Amazon founder on how best to help people ‘right now’

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 17:36

Bezos pilots robot, feels like Sigourney Weaver

Weblog: The fifth-richest man in the world is working through his bucket list

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 04:34