Blue Origin's New Glenn reusable space rocket blasted into orbit last month, successful on its first try. And while at first glance, that may sound like a strange catalyst for layoffs, it's actually not the first time we've seen something like this happen in the space industry.

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, is laying off more than 1,000 workers companywide, including at its West Texas launchpad, in a workforce restructuring. The company's Launch Site One is located just outside Van Horn,

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on its Florida launch pad in January. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture plans to cut about 10% of

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin LLC is cutting about 10% of its workforce, a significant pullback aimed at slashing costs and refocusing resources after years of development work.

Blue Origin just revealed the identities of five of the six crewmembers for NS-30, its next suborbital space tourism mission. The company has not yet announced a launch date.

Rocket company Blue Origin is will lay off 10% of its workforce, CEO Dave Limp told employees Thursday. The company — which is based in Kent, Washington, and has a Phoenix office that opened in 2023 — employs 14,000 people, according to media reports, so the cuts will affect about 1,400 workers across its offices and facilities.

Blue Origin is targeting next Tuesday (Feb. 25) for its 10th space tourism mission, which will send six people to the final frontier. If all goes according to plan, Blue Origin 's suborbital New Shepard vehicle will lift off from the company's West Texas site on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. EST (1630 GMT; 9:30 a.m. local Texas time).

A Blue Origin space tourism flight is expected to launch civilians to space from Texas. CBS News Space Consultant Bill Harwood has more.