Tag: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin sells seat on suborbital spaceship for $28 million after fast and furious bidding
RR Auction’s Steve Little shouts “Sold!” and closes off bidding for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship, at the price of $28 million. (Blue Origin via YouTube) An open spot on the first-ever crew to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship was auctioned off today for $28 million, which is millions more…
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Virgin Galactic downplays rumblings about a suborbital Branson vs. Bezos space race
How serious could the suborbital space race between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos get? (GeekWire Photos) Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march on Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when it comes down to which billionaire flies first on their own suborbital spaceship? There’s been some buzz about that…
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Jeff Bezos says he’ll ride with Blue Origin’s first space passengers in July
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and one of his Blue Origin rockets. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly to space next month on the first crewed flight of his space venture’s suborbital spaceship. “Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space,” Bezos…
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Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program
An artist’s conception shows the human landing system that’s being developed by Blue Origin and its industry partners in the foreground, and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon cargo lander in the far background. (Blue Origin Illustration) The tussle over NASA funding for lunar landing systems has touched down in the Senate — with one leading senator…
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Bidding for the first journey on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship exceeds $2 million
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship ascends from its West Texas launch pad for a January test flight. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has begun unsealing the bids for an open seat on its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the high bid hit the $2.8 million mark with more…
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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell as Blue Origin’s CEO? New book about Jeff Bezos says she was asked
Jeff Bezos’ search for a CEO for his Blue Origin space venture included an entreaty to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, according to an account in “Amazon Unbound” by Brad Stone. (Bezos picture at left: Geekwire Photo by Kevin Lisota. Shotwell photo at right: CNBC via YouTube) When it comes to his Blue Origin space venture,…
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Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of a New Shepard launch in 2019. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin plans to begin piloted flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, the company announced Wednesday, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for…
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Blue Origin puts its first passenger seat on suborbital spaceship up for charity auction
Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. (Blue Origin Photoillustration) You had to know the first open seat on a spacecraft built by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture would be sold online — but auctioning it off for…
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NASA freezes SpaceX’s lunar lander cash due to protests from Blue Origin, Dynetics
An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. (SpaceX Illustration) NASA says it’ll hold up on its payments to SpaceX for developing its Starship super-rocket as a lunar lander while the Government Accountability Office sorts out challenges to the $2.9 billion contract award from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture as well…
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Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin promise details coming next week for how to buy first seat on spaceflight
A new message on the homepage of Blue Origin’s website. (BlueOrigin.com screenshot) Step aside, Mannequin Skywalker. Blue Origin is getting ready for real humans to man its New Shepard spaceship and replace the high-tech dummy that has flown on previous test flights. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos again said, “It’s…