Tag: Blue Origin
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After losing launch competition, Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket’s first flight until late 2022
An artist’s conception shows the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad. (Blue Origin Illustration) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket — which marks a major schedule shift. The company had previously planned to conduct…
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ULA delivers Vulcan test article to Cape Canaveral for ‘pathfinder’ operations
EDITOR’S NOTE: See additional photos of the Vulcan booster at the bottom of this page. The Vulcan booster for the Pathfinder Tanking Test arrives at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance’s first full-scale Vulcan booster with two Blue Origin BE-4 engines arrived at Cape Canaveral Space…
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Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander
Blue Origin employees stand next to a pathfinder version of a cargo lunar lander. (Blue Origin via Twitter) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is testing a full-scale prototype of its cargo lunar lander, as part of its campaign to get a jump on heavy-duty deliveries to the moon. In a video posted…
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Jeff Bezos’ role at Blue Origin hints at how his profile at Amazon is likely to change
Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, inspects Blue Origin’s launch facility in West Texas before the first test flight of the New Shepard suborbital spacecraft in April 2015. (Blue Origin Photo) What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion project — Blue Origin, which…
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Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas
Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine lights up for a full-thrust test firing in Texas. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. At least that’s the way Blue Origin’s billionaire founder sees…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship aces uncrewed rehearsal for crewed space trips
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship ascends from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture put the New Shepard spaceship that’s destined to fly people on suborbital trips through its first uncrewed test flight today — and by all appearances, the practice run was a success.…
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Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Thursday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin says it is “very, very close” to flying humans on suborbital launches to the edge of space after a successful test flight of a human-capable rocket and capsule Thursday. The company’s New Shepard rocket…
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Watch Blue Origin fly its first capsule that’s designed to send people to space and back
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) Update: The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m. CT (8:57 a.m. PT). Previously: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin…
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Ahoy, Jacklyn! Jeff Bezos names Blue Origin’s rocket recovery ship after his mom
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his mother, Jacklyn Bezos, stand behind a model of Blue Origin’s recovery ship with a scale-model rocket on its deck — and the actual ship in the background. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk named his rocket recovery vessels after science-fiction spaceships, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stayed…
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Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight
An American Airlines 737 MAX 8 jet takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tulsa, Okla., on Dec. 2. (American Airlines Photo) Boeing’s rebuilding year drew to a close today with a milestone capping a momentous year in aerospace: the first U.S. passenger flight for a 737 MAX jet since the worldwide…