Tag: Jeff Bezos
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Bezos reveals design of powerful orbital-class launcher
Credit: Blue Origin Tech pioneer and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said this week his growing launch company, Blue Origin, plans to debut a 30-story satellite booster built and launched from Florida by the end of the decade. In an update emailed to media and Blue Origin followers Monday, Bezos wrote that the launcher is a “very…
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Jeff Bezos says next Blue Origin spaceship test should destroy the booster rocket
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s crew capsule firing its escape rocket motor. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has flown the same rocket booster to outer space and back four times over the past year – but the fifth trip, planned for October, will be that booster’s…
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Concrete poured for Blue Origin’s orbital space complex in Florida
Workers pour concrete at the site of Blue Origin’s rocket factory in Florida. (Credit: Space Florida) Work is progressing on the facility in Florida where Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to build its orbital spaceships. Bezos called attention to the groundbreaking milestone for the 750,000-square-foot rocket factory in June. Today, Space Florida, the state…
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Get a look at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as an alien in ‘Star Trek Beyond’
Jeff Bezos wears a Starfleet uniform (and heavy makeup) in “Star Trek Beyond.” (Credit: Justin Lin via Twitter) You’d hardly recognize Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos in the super-heavy makeup he wears as an alien Starfleet official in “Star Trek Beyond,” the latest big-screen voyage of the Starship Enterprise. But just to make sure you’re able…
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Jeff Bezos touts results from Blue Origin spaceship’s test, even with one less chute
A photo taken after last month’s flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship highlights the ring of crushable bumpers on the underside of the crew capsule. (Credit: Blue Origin via Jeff Bezos) Last month’s test flight of a Blue Origin rocket ship to space and back was aimed at seeing how safely it could land…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship rises from its launch pad in June. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight tests of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, leading up to the first crewed flights next year, one of the company’s…
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Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory in Florida
An artist’s rendering shows Blue Origin’s orbital vehicle production facility, which is under construction in Florida. (Credit: Blue Origin) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today put a spotlight on the construction of a giant rocket production facility in Florida for his Blue Origin space venture – but he also gave a shout-out to the engine production team back in…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is the founder of Blue Origin. (Credit: Blue Origin) Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another company he founded, Blue Origin. Bezos follows in the footsteps of SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis, who played a lead…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin live-streams its spaceship’s risky test flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship rises from its launch pad. (Credit: Blue Origin) Something went wrong during today’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the world was able to watch how it was handled online. Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture intentionally disabled one of the three parachutes on the New Shepard capsule,…
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Blue Origin flies reusable suborbital rocket for fourth time
Updated at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) Sunday after successful flight. Blue Origin’s suborbital space transport system made another test flight Sunday, launching and landing at the company’s West Texas test facility to prove out the crew capsule’s resiliency to a parachute failure. The test flight also marked a change in public relations for the once-secretive…