Tag: Blue Origin
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture breaks ground on Alabama engine factory
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith are front and center for a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Blue Origin’s rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Ala. (City of Huntsville Photo via Twitter) Civic leaders and space executives tossed shovels of dirt today to celebrate the groundbreaking for a…
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Blue Origin conducts New Shepard’s 10th test flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket conducted its tenth test flight on Wednesday – marking another step towards launching paying customers into suborbital space. The launch at Blue Origin’s test site in West Texas took place at 15:05 UTC following a delay from late in 2018 due to an issue with ground equipment and unacceptable weather.…
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New Shepard launches NASA experiments to space, aims for human flights this year
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Wednesday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched a package of NASA experiments to the edge of space Wednesday from West Texas with a suborbital New Shepard booster, then successfully recovered the reusable rocket and…
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New Shepard launches NASA experiments to space, aims for human flights this year
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Wednesday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched a package of NASA experiments to the edge of space Wednesday from West Texas with a suborbital New Shepard booster, then successfully recovered the reusable rocket and…
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Blue Origin sends NASA-backed payloads to space and back on suborbital rocket ship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship lifts off from its West Texas launch site. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent eight NASA-sponsored scientific payloads to the edge of space and back on its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, marking another step toward putting people on board. The rocket lifted off…
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After delays, Blue Origin says ‘we are go’ for New Shepard suborbital test flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship sits on its West Texas launch pad in preparation for a launch in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Update for 10:22 a.m. PT Jan. 22: Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it’s scheduling the next uncrewed test flight of its New Shepard suborbital…
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Blue Origin plans New Shepard launch Wednesday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 20 to reflect launch postponement. Updated Jan. 21 with new target launch date. Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster on the launch pad. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin plans to launch its single stage New Shepard suborbital booster Wednesday as the commercial space company moves closer to flying people to the edge…
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Jeff Bezos on going to space vs. making Earth better: ‘It shouldn’t be either-or’
John Travolta and Jeff Bezos share the stage at the Living Legends of Aviation awards ceremony. (LLOA Photo) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person and the founder of Amazon as well as the Blue Origin space venture, defended his billion-dollar-a-year expense on space travel here on Friday night in front of a…
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Blue Origin scrubs suborbital launch attempt, delays flight to early 2019
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) Dec. 18 with Blue Origin’s announcement of a scrubbed launch attempt. Updated at 10:30 p.m. EST on Dec. 18 (0330 GMT on Dec. 19) with new target launch date. Updated again Dec. 19 with Blue Origin’s announcement of a delay to early 2019. File photo of a…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture will send science to space on 10th suborbital flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship sits on its West Texas launch pad in preparation for a launch in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Update for 5:47 a.m. PT Dec. 20: After working through a ground infrastructure issue, Blue Origin has decided to put off the next launch of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship until early…