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Happy Space Day! Contest will offer kids a chance to visit Blue Origin’s rocket factory
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is rolled out from the company’s Florida factory for tests. (Blue Origin Photo) The first Friday in May is National Space Day, which makes today a fitting time to announce a contest that will give eight students an opportunity to tour Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket factory in Florida. The…
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Real estate report points to Blue Origin’s rapid expansion near HQ in Seattle area
An illustration shows Blue Origin’s office building in Renton, Wash. (JLL / The Landmark Illustration) The workforce at Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, has been growing by leaps and bounds — and so has the need for office and lab space. A memo laying out a real-estate sales offering suggests that Renton,…
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NASA’s Boeing-built moon rovers are granted Washington state landmark status
Apollo 17’s lunar rover sits at its resting place at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in 1972. (NASA Photo) Three hot rods on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state commission. The thumbs-up, delivered on Friday during a virtual public hearing organized by the Washington State…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says three workers in Kent have tested positive for coronavirus
Engineers work on the New Shepard suborbital spaceship’s crew capsule at Blue Origin’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Credit: Blue Origin) Three employees at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture have tested positive for coronavirus and are now in quarantine, a spokeswoman for the company says. One case came to light on Friday,…
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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 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…
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Kid-friendly lunar rover takes the spotlight in the city where moon buggies were born
Eleven-year-old Chanel Lam gets some tips on moon-buggy driving from Charlie Martin, a retired Boeing employee who worked on the Apollo-era lunar rovers. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) KENT, Wash. — The City of Kent’s newest lunar rover wouldn’t stand up to the radiation-blasted conditions on the surface of the moon, but it’s designed to…
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Construction is well under way for Blue Origin space venture’s expanded HQ
The peaked roof that covers Blue Origin’s construction site looms between a traffic sign and a tree in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) KENT, Wash. — Construction workers have raised the roof on a new headquarters and research-and-development facility for Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. For…