Tag: Blue Origin
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SpaceX rocket landing applauded, but experts say implications TBD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Photo credit: SpaceX The successful launch and landing by the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday was a significant step toward achieving reusability and, eventually, lowering launch costs, but turning that success into operational reality poses a significant challenge for company founder Elon Musk, space…
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Round-trip rocket flight gives SpaceX a trifecta of successes
The Falcon 9’s ascent and descent tracks are seen in this long exposure photo taken just south of the launch and landing locations. Photo credit: SpaceX Flying through the sky at supersonic speed, a Falcon 9 rocket stage descended to a historic landing at Cape Canaveral on Monday, returning to the spaceport minutes after boosting…
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Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industry
Employees at Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Wash., cheer as they watch the landing of the company’s New Shepard test spaceship on Nov. 23. “How do we steal that video?” Lt. Gov. Brad Owen joked after watching a clip showing the celebration. (Credit: Blue Origin) Washington state legislators got an introduction to the state’s space…
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Video: Jeff Bezos spotlights Blue Origin’s ‘very happy’ rocket scientists after touchdown
Blue Origin employees celebrate the successful landing of the company’s uncrewed suborbital rocket ship after a test flight to the edge of space on Nov. 23. (Credit: Blue Origin via YouTube) “Touchdown” means something different to rocket scientists and to football fans, but the cheering, hugs and high fives are the same – as revealed today…
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Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises from its West Texas launch pad on Monday. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully sent its New Shepard rocket ship to outer space for the first time on Monday – and even more amazingly, brought every piece back down to…
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Blue Origin achieve latest milestone in reusable rocket aspirations
The goal of reusing rocket stages – a major enabler for the reduction of costs associated with launches – landed another milestone this week when Blue Origin conducted the second successful test flight of its New Shepard rocket, rising to 330,000 feet, prior to nailing a propulsive landing of the booster which will allow for…
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Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I can’t wait to go!’
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, sprays champagne from a bottle after the successful landing of the New Shepard rocket booster on Monday. (Credit: Blue Origin via YouTube) Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, says watching his Blue Origin rocket make a safe landing after flying into space rates as one of the…
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Bezos-backed Blue Origin achieves rocket landing
A suborbital rocket booster built by Blue Origin, an entrepreneurial space firm founded by Internet tycoon Jeff Bezos, streaked into space in the skies over West Texas and descended to a pinpoint propulsive touchdown on a landing pad, the company announced Tuesday. The landing makes the New Shepard rocket, named in honor of Mercury astronaut…
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Jeff Bezos says next flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship should come ‘very soon’
Blue Origin’s New Shepard prototype spaceship lifts off from its West Texas launch pad during a test flight in April. (Blue Origin photo) Even as Jeff Bezos celebrates past achievements in spaceflight, he’s looking forward to seeing his Blue Origin space venture make future achievements. The next flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship should…
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SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the DSCOVR satellite in February. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is poised to win an Air Force national security launch contract by default because its archrival, United Launch Alliance, has dropped out of the competition. ULA said this week that it decided not to bid on the Air Force contract for launching…