Tag: Blue Origin
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Evaluating Blue Origin’s Mars Telecom Orbiter Proposal
Blue Origin has revealed its concept for a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO), entering a burgeoning field alongside Rocket Lab and Lockheed Martin as companies vie to enhance communications infrastructure for future Mars missions. The announcement highlights a proactive push by private aerospace firms, even as SpaceX remains notably absent from the fray, opting instead for…
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East Coast sees major progress for future operations at the Cape
Amid recent Falcon 9 and Vulcan launches, a considerable amount of important construction work in the Cape Canaveral area has made major progress in the last few weeks. The structures under construction at the Cape will feature prominently in future spaceflight operations. NSF conducted a flyover this week near the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and…
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Crypto billionaire takes his $28M space trip with five others on Blue Origin’s rocket ship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Controversial crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun finally got his suborbital ride into space today from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, four years after he put in the winning $28 million bid for a seat. Five other spacefliers were…
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Blue Origin sets the date for controversial crypto billionaire’s $28M trip to space
A digital rendering shows crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun in a spacesuit. (Justin Sun via X / Twitter in 2021) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’ll launch crypto billionaire Justin Sun on a suborbital space trip on Sunday, four years after he put in a precedent-setting $28 million bid for a ticket. Sun and…
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Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
The National Air and Space Museum welcomed the public into five more of its renovated galleries on Monday, including two showcasing spaceflight artifacts. The new exhibitions shine modern light on returning displays and restore the museum’s almost 50-year-old legacy of adding objects that made history but have yet to become historical. Visitors can again enter…
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Amazon says $139.5 million investment in Florida is key to ramping up launch cadence with Project Kuiper
Amazon’s 100,000-square-foot payload processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The site is used to prepare its Project Kuiper satellites ahead of launches on Blue Origin’s New Glenn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and United Launch Alliances’s Vulcan and Atlas 5 rockets. Image: Amazon Amazon is hoping to get a…
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Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Stoke Space, and more all completing major upgrades at Cape Canaveral
Numerous upgrades have been observed during NSF’s recent flyover, as efforts continue to bring upgraded systems online for commercial launchers, including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Stoke Space, and ULA, as well as NASA’s SLS. Renovations of old launch facilities, new land leases, and other developments have also been seen from the sky, providing a…
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While Jeff Bezos wraps up wedding bash, his Blue Origin venture sends six on a space trip
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship lifts off from its Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture launched six more travelers to the edge of the final frontier today, even as the billionaire and his new wife finished up a weekend of wedding festivities in Venice. The New Shepard…
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest remains busy as 2025’s halfway point approaches
With summer and winter for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres now in full swing, the halfway point of 2025 is fast approaching, and the worldwide launch manifest continues to be as busy as ever. SpaceX has launched four Falcon 9 missions this week, with a private crewed mission to the International Space Station and three…
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William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson banter about follies and the final frontier
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson laughs as “Star Trek” captain William Shatner tells a tale during a fireside chat at McCaw Hall in Seattle. (Mat Hayward Photo / Future of Space) William Shatner set a record as the oldest human in space at the age of 90 — but at the age of 94, he’s not…