{"id":19019,"date":"2017-03-29T19:21:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/another-feather-in-jeff-bezos-space-helmet-blue-origin-wins-collier-trophy\/"},"modified":"2017-03-29T19:21:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:21:25","slug":"another-feather-in-jeff-bezos-space-helmet-blue-origin-wins-collier-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/another-feather-in-jeff-bezos-space-helmet-blue-origin-wins-collier-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Another feather in Jeff Bezos\u2019 space helmet: Blue Origin wins Collier Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_321058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321058\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-321058\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170329-new-shepard-2-630x556.jpg\" alt=\"New Shepard booster\" width=\"630\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170329-new-shepard-2-630x556.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170329-new-shepard-2.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-321058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard booster stands on its West Texas landing pad after a successful touchdown. (Blue Origin Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos keeps racking up the awards for his Blue Origin space venture: He just found out that Blue Origin&nbsp;is winning the&nbsp;prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for its New Shepard suborbital spaceship.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Collier Trophy was awarded to the Blue Origin team, headquartered in Kent, Wash., \u201cfor successfully demonstrating rocket&nbsp;booster reusability with the New Shepard human spaceflight vehicle through five successful test flights of a single booster and engine, all of which performed powered vertical landings on Earth,\u201d the National Aeronautic Association said today in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The trophy is awarded annually to recognize the previous&nbsp;year\u2019s greatest achievement in American aeronautics or astronautics. Past winners range from aviation pioneers Glenn Curtiss (1911 and 1912) and Orville Wright (1913) to the teams behind SpaceShipOne (2004), NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover (2012) and NASA\u2019s Dawn probe to Ceres (2015).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning the Collier Trophy is incredibly emotional for me and the whole Blue Origin team,\u201d Bezos said in today\u2019s announcement. \u201cEveryone on the team has given so much to get to this point, and we are deeply encouraged by this recognition. We will never stop working to drive down the cost of getting to space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=847217297257185281&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fjeff-bezos-blue-origin-collier-trophy%2F&amp;sessionId=14dcaf724ab5c8931eeaa03d237a10b0d9dd254a&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802955241245437=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Impossible to express how personally meaningful this is. A dream. Huge kudos to @BlueOrigin team that worked so hard https:\/\/t.co\/q2P0Lsi81U https:\/\/t.co\/D56XNkIiBP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) March 29, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Collier Trophy, New Shepard\u2019s achievements have earned Bezos and the Blue Origin team the Heinlein Prize, the Goddard Memorial Trophy, the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, Aviation Week\u2019s Space Laureate Award&nbsp;and the Museum of Flight\u2019s Pathfinder Award.<\/p>\n<p>New Shepard is already flying scientific payloads during its&nbsp;test flights,&nbsp;and paying passengers could start climbing aboard for suborbital space trips as early as next year.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of developing the New Shepard, Blue Origin built a new type of hydrogen-fueled rocket engine, the BE-3. Now Blue Origin&nbsp;is working on&nbsp;the BE-4, a more powerful rocket engine that uses liquefied natural gas for fuel, for use on its own New Glenn rocket as well as United Launch Alliance\u2019s next-generation Vulcan rocket.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be hearing more about Blue Origin\u2019s progress, and seeing the space-flown New Shepard for ourselves, next week at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s 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&nbsp;is winning the&nbsp;prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for its New Shepard suborbital spaceship. 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