Tag: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin CEO pledges to repair ruined launch pad and return to flight by the end of the year
The SkySat satellite image at left shows Blue Origin’s launch pad in Florida on May 20, before the New Glenn rocket explosion. The satellite image at right shows the pad on May 31, three days after the blast. Click on the image for a larger version. (Credit: Planet Labs PBC) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space…
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Blue Origin initiates LC-36 recovery, targets RTF by end of 2026
Blue Origin has wasted no time launching inspection, repair, and reconstruction activities at Launch Complex-36 following the loss of a New Glenn vehicle during static fire testing last Thursday night. According to company CEO Dave Limp, the company intends to return the pad to flight operations with New Glenn before the end of this year.…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during prelaunch testing at Cape Canaveral
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the result of an anomaly during a static fire test on Thursday, May 28. The test was in preparation for a planned launch as soon as June 4. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now A Blue Origin…
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Blue Origin’s rocket blowup could cause big problems for NASA — and a satellite slowdown for Amazon Leo
One day after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad during a static-fire test, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 successfully sent 29 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. (ULA via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is still assessing the damage from this week’s catastrophic New Glenn rocket explosion on…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes on pad during test; Jeff Bezos vows to rebuild
An explosion at Blue Origin’s launch pad lights up the skies over Florida. (Spaceflight Now Video) Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded today during a hotfire test on its launch pad in Florida — dealing heavy damage to the pad, and dealing a heavy blow to Jeff Bezos’ space venture. “All personnel are accounted for…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn explodes during Static Fire test at LC-36
Blue Origin experienced a major anomaly during a planned hot-fire test of its New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex-36 on Thursday evening, resulting in the loss of the vehicle’s booster and upper stage, along with substantial damage to pad infrastructure, including the toppling of one of the two launch towers. The incident occurred as the…
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NASA outlines nearly $1 billion investment into initial Moon Base missions
An artist’s rendering of a Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 1 lunar lander deploying Astrolab’s Crewed Lunar Vehicle (CLV-1) on the surface of the Moon. Graphic: Astrolab NASA’s vision for a future, long-term sustained presence on the Moon gained more clarity on Tuesday as the agency announced a series of contract awards for future robotic…
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Blue Origin readies New Glenn rocket to launch 48 Amazon Leo satellites after FAA clearance
New Glenn rockets are being processed inside Blue Origin’s Florida facility. (Blue Origin Photo) Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation. The mission,…
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NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander lowering an Astrolab rover to the lunar surface. (NASA Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south…
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SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing
SpaceX is producing an average of 70 Starlink satellites per week in Redmond, its IPO filing shows. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Redmond, Wash., has been known for decades as the home of Microsoft, to the extent that the city’s name has become synonymous with the software giant. Maybe it’s time to rethink that, because…