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Blue Origin launches four crew into sub-orbit on a New Shepard rocket from its Corn Ranch spaceport in Van Horn, Texas. The crew includes Blue Origin Vice President Audrey Powers, NASA engineer Chris Boshuizen, space tourist Glen de Vries, and actor William Shatner. Shatner, best known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the "Star Trek" media franchise, becomes the oldest ever person in space at the age of 90.
2021-10-13

A gunman kills a civilian before stealing her car in Garland, Texas. He then drove with the vehicle and opened fire outside a police station, before being shot dead by police. Authorities are investigating a possible terrorist background as the perpetrator left a note in which he expressed the motive behind his act.
2021-08-29

Blue Origin launches its first crew onboard its New Shepard rocket to outer space. The mission was crewed by American billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, pilot and Mercury 13 candidate Wally Funk and Dutch student Oliver Daemen. Funk and Daemen respectively become the oldest and youngest people ever to travel to space.
2021-07-20

The U.S. CDC reports the first case of monkeypox in a Texas resident who traveled from Nigeria.
2021-07-16

Former Texas representative Beto O'Rourke drops out of the presidential primaries.
2019-11-1

"Blue Origin" successfully launches its New Shepard 3 rocket and completes the tenth sub-orbital test flight, reaching an altitude of 106.9 km (351,000 ft), carrying its crew capsule and making a controlled upright landing in West Texas.
2019-01-23

Aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin tests its New Shepard reusable launch system in Van Horn, Texas.
2016-10-5

Blue Origin launches the unmanned rocket New Shephard to the edge of space (100.5 km) and lands safely upright on its original launch pad in Texas, becoming the first organization to do so.
2015-11-23

Four firemen are killed and five others injured fighting a fire in Houston, Texas, U.S.
2013-05-31

The University of Texas at Austin, seen as the key to the survival of a 10-team Big 12 Conference in the wake of the loss of Colorado to the Pacific-10 Conference and Nebraska to the Big Ten Conference, announces it will turn down an invitation from the Pac-10 and remain in the Big 12. Shortly after Texas' announcement, four other Texas and Oklahoma schools targeted by the Pac-10 pledge themselves to the Big 12.
2010-06-14