Corn Ranch is the name of the spaceport in West Texas from which the flight tests of the New Shepard are carried out by Blue Origin. A spaceport is a site for launching spacecraft, by analogy with airport for aircraft. ... The New Shepard reusable launch vehicle is a manned rocket which is being developed by Blue Origin, a company owned by Amazon. ... Blue Origin is a privately-funded aerospace company initially focused on sub-orbital spaceflight founded in 2000. ...

Corn Ranch is located in Van Horn, Texas. The 165,000-acre (670 km²) land parcel was purchased by Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos. The first flight test took place on November 13, 2006. It is foreseen that commercial touristic flights could start as early as 2010. Van Horn is a town located in Culberson County, Texas. ... Jeff Bezos on the cover of TIME as Person of the Year 1999 Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon. ...

Coordinates: 31°25′24″N, 104°45′32″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...