Is Jeff Bezos Really an Astronaut?

Blue Origin pinned custom astronaut wings to his flight suit. The Federal Aviation Administration may disagree. Or it may not even matter.

‘Best Day Ever’: Highlights From Bezos and Blue Origin Crew’s Short Flight to Space

The Amazon founder lifted off from a site in West Texas with three other people, fulfilling a key goal of his private rocket company.

Wally Funk Is Defying Gravity and 60 Years of Exclusion From Space

Ms. Funk’s trip to space with Jeff Bezos is reason to celebrate. But the launch this week, decades after she was denied the opportunity, also raises questions about whom space is for.

Wally Funk, Trailblazing Female Pilot, Will Join Jeff Bezos on Spaceflight

At 82, Ms. Funk will become the oldest person ever to go to space. In the 1960s, she was part of a test program to determine whether women were fit for space.