Tag: New Glenn
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Jeff Bezos lays out his vision for city on the moon, complete with robots
Artist’s concept shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk may have his heart set on building a city on Mars, but Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space vision looks closer to home. He’s gazing at the moon. “I think we should build a permanent human settlement…
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Blue Origin encounters setback in BE-4 engine testing
An image of a BE-4 powerpack on a test stand in West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin said Sunday that it lost a set of powerpack hardware for its BE-4 engine during a ground test mishap, dealing at least a minor setback to the development of a powerful U.S.-made propulsion system that United Launch…
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Blue Origin encounters setback in BE-4 engine testing
An image of a BE-4 powerpack on a test stand in West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin said Sunday that it lost a set of powerpack hardware for its BE-4 engine during a ground test mishap, dealing at least a minor setback to the development of a powerful U.S.-made propulsion system that United Launch…
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Blue Origin’s staying power bankrolled by Jeff Bezos’s multibillion-dollar investment
Jeff Bezos speaks at the 33rd Space Symposium on April 5. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, now the second-richest person in the world, is funding his space company’s lofty ambitions $1 billion per year, driving Blue Origin closer to taking paying passengers to the edge of space and fielding a reusable satellite launcher…
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Blue Origin space venture slips in a sneak peek at design of Blue Moon lunar lander
Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson shows off a concept for the company’s Blue Moon lunar lander during a session at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Other members of the panel include Jonathan Arenberg, chief systems engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope; former astronaut John Grunsfeld; and Mary Lynne Dittmar, executive director of…
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Blue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customer
Updated March 9 with OneWeb agreement. Artist’s concept of the New Glenn rocket. Credit: Blue Origin Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos revealed new details of his space company’s reusable orbital-class booster Tuesday, releasing an animation illustrating the rocket’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral and announcing a contract with Eutelsat to put a commercial communications satellite on one of…
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One giant leap: Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s shiny new BE-4 rocket engine
Blue Origin employees move the BE-4 engine through the company’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Blue Origin Photo via Jeff Bezos / Twitter) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is providing a sneak peek at his Blue Origin space venture’s BE-4 rocket engine, which could someday help power missions to the moon. Today’s preview tweets comes a…
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John Glenn hails Jeff Bezos’ space feats in letter written days before astronaut’s death
Jeff Bezos shows off the concept for Blue Origin’s launch system during a news conference in Florida in September 2015. The rocket is named after John Glenn. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos accepted yet another award tonight for his Blue Origin space effort, but the prize he treasured the most is no doubt…
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Jeff Bezos shows how Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory is taking shape in Florida
The steel structure for Blue Origin’s factory rises from a site in Florida. (Blue Origin Photo via Jeff Bezos) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off the “extraordinary progress” being made on the Florida factory where Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital launch vehicle will be built. “As you can see here, the first steel is…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sets its sights on trips to Mars and the moon
Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, inspects Blue Origin’s launch facility in West Texas before a test flight in April. (Credit: Blue Origin) GUADALAJARA, Mexico – SpaceX isn’t the only billionaire-backed company that’s planning to go to Mars: Blue Origin, the space venture created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is also taking aim at Mars, the moon and…