Tag: New Shepard
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Blue Origin confirms it’ll give Star Trek captain William Shatner a suborbital ride
Blue Origin’s Sarah Knights gives William Shatner a tour of the West Texas launch tower. (Blue Origin Photo) It’s official: Star Trek actor William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship next week, becoming the oldest person to go into space at the age of 90. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’…
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Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos (left) gets the “Saturday Night Live” treatment from Owen Wilson. (Blue Origin / NBC Photos) You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” On tonight’s season premiere, guest host Owen Wilson played the starring role in “Star Trek: Ego Quest” as…
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Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within
An essay criticizing Blue Origin’s attitude toward flight safety and sexual harassment also raises concern about the environmental impact of its headquarters building in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing the company of laxity…
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Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner
Blue Origin’s first suborbital space crew does a photo op in front of the New Shepard rocket booster that lifted them skyward in July. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says two successful tech entrepreneurs will be part of the lineup for its next suborbital trip on Oct. 12 —…
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Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip
The TMZ celebrity website says Star Trek captain William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s next crewed suborbital space trip. (Left Photo: Paramount; Right Photo: Blue Origin) The next crewed suborbital spaceflight planned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — which could launch as early as next month — is…
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After milestone flight, Blue Origin SVP Stephen Bennett will join Kepler Communications as COO
Blue Origin’s team gathers in front of a New Shepard booster after July’s first crewed suborbital spaceflight. (Blue Origin Photo) The changing of the guard is continuing at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture with the departure of Stephen Bennett, a senior vice president who led the team behind the company’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship.…
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Paintings, not people, take the spotlight in Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship lifts off for an uncrewed research mission. (Blue Origin via YouTube) A little more than a month after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a rocket ride, his Blue Origin space venture sent another New Shepard suborbital spaceship to the final frontier — but this time the high-profile payloads were…
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Blue Origin launches NS-17 suborbital science mission
A month after New Shepard’s first flight carrying people into space, a science flight without crew onboard has launched from Blue Origin’s facility near Van Horn, Texas. The flight, the fourth of the year for the New Shepard program, was originally scheduled for August 25, 2021, but was delayed due to a payload integration issue.…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rockets
Estes’ New Shepard model rocket uses standard model-rocket launch equipment, including a single C6-3 or C6-5 engine. (Estes Industries via YouTube) Rocket fans will soon be able to follow in Jeff Bezos’ footsteps when it comes to ownership of a suborbital New Shepard space vehicle. Just be warned that everything will be scaled down: The…
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Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads
(Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder’s space venture announced Wednesday that the 17th flight of the reusable rocket ship will carry scientific and research payloads. Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. PT on Aug.…