Tag: New Shepard
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Suborbital test flight moves Blue Origin closer to launching people
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) with new apogee number. The New Shepard booster took off from West Texas at 12:06 p.m. CDT (1:07 p.m. EDT; 1707 GMT). Credit: Blue Origin The privately-developed New Shepard booster, designed and built by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin, took off from a launch…
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Jeff Bezos gets set for Sunday test launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship stands on its pad for a 2016 test flight. (Blue Origin File Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture is targeting the next test flight of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship for Sunday. Word of the launch came today in a tweet. And yes, there will…
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Blue Origin preps for suborbital test flight Sunday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 29 with new launch times. Blue Origin plans its next suborbital test launch Sunday from the company’s sprawling development complex in West Texas, the company’s owner Jeff Bezos announced Friday. The single-stage New Shepard rocket is scheduled for launch at 12:42 p.m. EDT (1642 GMT; 11:42 a.m. CDT), after thunderstorms apparently…
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Blue Origin CEO says next-gen BE-4 rocket engine meets technical requirements
Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine is on display in Colorado Springs. (Blue Origin Photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For years, there’s been a big question surrounding the next-generation BE-4 rocket engine that’s being built by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture: Will it be good enough for United Launch Alliance, a crucial prospective customer?…
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Blue Origin’s job listings hint that it could soon be signing up astronauts
An artist’s conception shows a Blue Origin passenger looking out a window in the New Shepard crew capsule. (Blue Origin Illustration) Some of the nearly 200 job opportunities posted by Blue Origin suggest Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture is preparing to sign up passengers for its New Shepard suborbital spaceflights. One listing is looking…
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Get a dummy’s-eye view of a suborbital ride on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship
An instrumented test dummy, nicknamed “Mannequin Skywalker,” sits next to one of the huge windows in the New Shepard crew capsule. (Blue Origin Photo) What will people experience when they rocket to the edge of space on the New Shepard suborbital spaceship that’s currently being tested by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture? An 11-minute video, recorded…
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Blue Origin flies Mannequin Skywalker during successful New Shepard test
Blue Origin returned to its impressive New Shepard test flight program with a new phase of upgrades on the path towards flying paying customers into suborbit. The latest test launch took place on Tuesday, with a brand new rocket and an upgraded crew capsule that closer resembles the spacecraft that will launch passengers. On board…
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Photos: Upgraded New Shepard booster flies from West Texas
Blue Origin’s Crew Capsule 2.0 carried a crash test dummy on Tuesday’s flight. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin’s third New Shepard suborbital booster lifted off on its first brief up-and-down test flight Tuesday, soaring to an altitude of 322,000 feet over West Texas to prove out the rocket and its automated crew capsule, which flew…
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Blue Origin launches New Shepard test flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, launched a reusable New Shepard sub-orbital rocket from the company’s west Texas launch site Tuesday, boosting an unpiloted crew capsule out of the dense lower atmosphere for a brief foray into space before a parachute descent to Earth. The booster,…
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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin gives test dummy ‘a great ride’ on New Shepard suborbital spaceship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster touches down in Texas after a successful test. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his space venture, Blue Origin, launched the latest version of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship today for the company’s first test flight in 14 months, with an instrumented test dummy seated aboard. “He had…