Tag: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin space venture fires up BE-4 rocket engine, marking a win for Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine blasts through its initial hot-fire test. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has successfully test-fired its BE-4 rocket engine, marking a key step in the development of its own New Glenn rocket as well as United Launch Alliance’s next-generation rocket. Billions of dollars…
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Hydroplane champ (and rocket engineer) Jimmy Shane gets his day in the sun
Hydroplane driver Jimmy Shane stands for a family portrait with his wife, Bianca, and his sons Colton and Hudson behind hydroplane racing’s Gold Cup. (HomeStreet Bank Photo) Today Jimmy Shane took a little time off from his day job — building spaceships at Blue Origin — to bask in the glory surrounding his other claim to fame,…
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Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space
An artist’s conception shows the New Glenn rocket during ascent. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced yet another agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite with its next-generation New Glenn rocket in the 2020s. The latest customer is Mu Space Corp., a Thai startup that unveiled its…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes its pitch to Congress for delivering cargo to the moon
An artist’s concept shows the Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, joined other companies today in laying out plans for commercial missions to the moon during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. “It’s time for America to return to the…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes its pitch to Congress for delivering cargo to the moon
An artist’s concept shows the Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, joined other companies today in laying out plans for commercial missions to the moon during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. “It’s time for America to return to the…
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How love for a girl and fast boats led hydroplane champ Jimmy Shane to build rockets at Blue Origin
Jimmy Shane hoists the Seafair Cup after his hydroplane victory today. (GeekWire photo/Kevin Lisota) Jimmy Shane piloted the Miss HomeStreet hydroplane to a victory in the Seafair Cup today in Seattle. Now he’ll head back to his day job: building rockets at Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. Shane’s Seafair…
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Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat
The black feather next to Jimmy Shane’s name on the Miss HomeStreet racing boat is used by Blue Origin to symbolize the freedom of flight. The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all because of Jimmy Shane. Shane’s workaday job title is integration…
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If you bring it, they will come: Crowds mob Blue Origin spaceship at Oshkosh air show
Even Jeff Bezos was impressed when Blue Origin’s suborbital space booster and capsule mockup went on display at the EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wis. The line to get a look inside the New Shepard capsule snaked around the equivalent of city blocks, as shown in an aerial view that the billionaire founder of…