Tag: New Shepard
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Video: Here’s what it’s like to sit inside Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship
GeekWire’s Alan Boyle sits in one of the padded seats inside a mock-up of the crew capsule for Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship. The door of the capsule’s hatch is just to the right of Boyle’s head. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The seats in Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship are like a dentist’s chair…
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Space geeks get up-close look at Blue Origin’s rocket ship (and try out the seats)
A crane hoists Blue Origin’s space-flown New Shepard booster into position at the Space Symposium in Colorado. (Ariane Cornell Photo via Twitter) Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship is continuing its farewell tour this week with a stopover at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., and there’s even a mockup of the crew capsule…
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Another feather in Jeff Bezos’ space helmet: Blue Origin wins Collier Trophy
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster stands on its West Texas landing pad after a successful touchdown. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos keeps racking up the awards for his Blue Origin space venture: He just found out that Blue Origin is winning the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for its New Shepard suborbital spaceship. The 2016…
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Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship (and suits)
In this artistic view, a passenger takes a look at the interior of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Blue Origin Illustration via Jeff Bezos) While Blue Origin’s scorch-scarred New Shepard spaceship continues its nationwide tour, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is giving fans an updated look at what they could be riding (and wearing) when…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has plans for big expansion of Seattle-area HQ
Hardware is spread across the New Shepard assembly area. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has out-of-this-world ambitions – with expansion plans to match. Permit filings at the city of Kent, Wash., reveal plans for a 236,000-square-foot warehouse complex and 102,900 square feet of office space, southwest of Blue Origin’s current 300,000-square-foot…
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Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin welcome Buzz Aldrin – and win a prestigious space trophy
Jeff Bezos, Buzz Aldrin and the moonwalker’s son, Andrew Aldrin, are front and center in this picture taken at Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Wash. Buzz Aldrin’s longtime assistant, Christina Korp, is to the right and behind Andrew Aldrin. (Blue Origin Photo via Twitter) It’s been a good week for Blue Origin, Amazon billionaire Jeff…
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Here’s what it’ll be like to ride on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital Blue Origin spaceship
An artist’s conception shows passengers looking through one of the windows in Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Blue Origin Illustration) The folks who ride New Shepard, the suborbital spaceship being tested by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, will be given barf bags to tuck into their flight suits. But they almost certainly won’t…
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Blue Origin’s rocketeers get holiday photo op with scorched New Shepard spaceship
Blue Origin employees and their families got their pictures taken with the scorched New Shepard rocket booster and crew capsule during this year’s holiday party at the company’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Photo courtesy of @Megsylhydrazine via Twitter) How many holiday parties let you get your picture taken with a fully reusable rocket ship…
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Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo … and the boots
Blue Origin’s coat of arms is packed with symbolism. (Credit: Blue Origin) You can’t buy stuff from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on Amazon just yet, but just wait: Sixteen years after its founding, Blue Origin offers enough symbols, mottos and mascots to keep the folks who make caps, shirts, coffee mugs – and yes, even cowboy…
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Jeff Bezos marks retirement of Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule with a tortoise
A worker at Blue Origin stencils the seventh and last tortoise onto what Jeff Bezos calls a “hardy and stalwart” New Shepard space capsule. (Credit: Jeff Bezos via Twitter) After seven launches, Blue Origin’s first New Shepard suborbital space capsule is getting a send-off from the company’s founder, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. To celebrate last…