Jim Kitchen, a UNC-Chapel Hill business professor and entrepreneur, will have to wait at least another two days to add ”astronaut” to his resume with his trip to space as part of the crew of Blue ...

UNC professor Jim Kitchen successfully flew to space and returned safely to earth in the fourth Blue Origin launch containing humans on board. The launch was originally scheduled to take place March ...

Atop a fiery cloud bursting from an automated rocket, UNC-Chapel Hill professor and entrepreneur Jim Kitchen traveled to outer space and then back Thursday, fulfilling a dream that he’s had since ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- A UNC professor will be headed to space on Jeff Bezos' space travel venture Blue Origin. Jim Kitchen teaches entrepreneurship at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

The past few days have been surreal – arriving at the @blueorigin Astronaut Village, meeting my fellow crewmates, and training for the launch. I'll be blasting into ...