Tag: Blue Origin
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Air Force and Blue Origin team up on a new California test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s altitude facility at Edwards Air Force Base conducts research on next-generation rocket components, propellant formulations and subsystems; and high-vacuum research on satellite components. Research testing includes solid rocket motor testing at simulated altitudes up to 120,000 feet. (AFRL Photo) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is partnering with…
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Blue Origin ramps up team for Blue Moon lander as it waits for word from NASA
Jeff Bezos shows off a mockup of the Blue Moon lunar lander at its unveiling in Washington, D.C., in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has posted more than 50 job openings for its Blue Moon lunar lander program, which is currently under consideration for NASA…
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Blue Origin takes one giant leap across the street to space venture’s new HQ in Kent
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith addresses a crowd of VIPs and employees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new headquarters in Kent, Wash. A mockup of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander stands in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) KENT, Wash. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space effort now officially has more space.…
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Blue Origin’s rocket ship sends postcards, science and art to outer space and back
A drone’s-eye view shows Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship blasting off from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Thousands of postcards, an array of science experiments and a couple of art projects took a suborbital ride to space today on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship, during a test flight aimed at blazing…
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Blue Origin launches New Shepard on 12th test flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster blasts off Wednesday from West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched a reusable New Shepard rocket Wednesday, boosting an unpiloted capsule on a successful up-and-down flight to space in the 12th test of a spacecraft designed to carry “space tourists”…
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After weather delay, Blue Origin counts down to test flight of suborbital spaceship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster touches down after a test flight in 2017. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is counting down to today’s uncrewed flight test of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, with a cargo manifest that should warm kids’ hearts for the holidays. The company plans to fly…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard conducts 12th test launch
Blue Origin launched its suborbital New Shepard rocket and crew capsule on an uncrewed test flight from the company’s launch and landing facility in West Texas. The launch, with multiple scientific payloads serving as the passengers for the mission, moved to Wednesday, following poor weather forecasts for the opening launch attempt on Tuesday. The flight…
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Blue Origin preps for suborbital launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:15 a.m. CST (10:15 a.m. EST; 1515 GMT) after Blue Origin scrubbed Tuesday’s launch attempt. File photo of a New Shepard rocket at Blue Origin’s test site in West Texas before a previous flight. Credit: Blue Origin After poor weather scrubbed a launch attempt Tuesday, Blue Origin plans to launch the 12th…
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Blue Origin video traces the virtuous circle between real-life spaceflight and ‘The Expanse’ on video
Cas Anvar, who plays a Mars-born spaceship pilot on “The Expanse,” tries out the seats inside a mockup of Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule, with Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s director of astronaut and orbital sales, as his guide. (Amazon Prime Video via YouTube) If “The Expanse” ever decides to shoot episodes of the science-fiction…
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Blue Origin’s expansion plans rush ahead at its Seattle-area HQ — and in Los Angeles
A monolith adorned with Blue Origin’s feather logo stands at the construction site for a 400,000-square-foot office and warehouse-style facility in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) KENT, Wash. — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is rapidly expanding on several fronts, ranging from its headquarters facility south of Seattle to a…