{"id":19085,"date":"2017-02-02T18:11:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T10:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-and-blue-origin-welcome-buzz-aldrin-and-win-a-prestigious-space-trophy\/"},"modified":"2017-02-02T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T10:11:46","slug":"jeff-bezos-and-blue-origin-welcome-buzz-aldrin-and-win-a-prestigious-space-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-and-blue-origin-welcome-buzz-aldrin-and-win-a-prestigious-space-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin welcome Buzz Aldrin \u2013 and win a prestigious space trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_307749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307749\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-307749\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/170202-bezos-aldrin-2-630x452.jpg\" alt=\"Bezos and Aldrin\" width=\"630\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/170202-bezos-aldrin-2-630x452.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/170202-bezos-aldrin-2.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-307749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Bezos, Buzz Aldrin and the moonwalker\u2019s son, Andrew Aldrin, are front and center in this picture taken at Blue Origin\u2019s headquarters in Kent, Wash. Buzz Aldrin\u2019s longtime assistant, Christina Korp, is to the right and behind Andrew Aldrin. (Blue Origin Photo via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been a good week for Blue Origin, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos\u2019 space venture. Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin just paid a visit to the company\u2019s headquarters in Kent, Wash., and today the team behind Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship won one of the space industry\u2019s most prestigious prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Aldrin dropped by only a couple of days after starring in a New York fashion show, and in a picture that Bezos tweeted today, it looks as if the 87-year-old space icon is wearing the same T-shirt. Aldrin is&nbsp;the guy standing in the front row between his son, aerospace executive Andrew Aldrin, and Bezos himself.<\/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=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=827213980384964608&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fjeff-bezos-blue-origin-buzz-aldrin-goddard%2F&amp;sessionId=3781c59c6d65e325297c5e4715a450abbbdc8bfb&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"827213980384964608\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803510720458837=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buzz Aldrin dropped by Blue Origin HQ to say hi to the team yesterday. Thanks @TheRealBuzz! pic.twitter.com\/JiCdI77ij6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) February 2, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The scorched booster in the background is the New Shepard propulsion module that sent a test capsule to space and back five times over the past 14 months. It\u2019s getting a once-over at Blue Origin HQ before Bezos hands it over&nbsp;to a museum.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;the next New Shepard booster and capsule are being readied for future rounds of uncrewed flight tests at Blue Origin\u2019s launch facility in West Texas. If all goes well, New Shepard could start sending test astronauts on trips to space by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the National Space Club and Foundation announced that the New Shepard team won this year\u2019s Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Past winners run the gamut from Wernher von Braun, Ronald Reagan and John Glenn, to Apollo and space shuttle astronauts, to the teams behind such historic robotic missions as Viking, Voyager, Mars Curiosity and New Horizons.<\/p>\n<p>Other award recipients include the team for NASA\u2019s Juno mission to Jupiter; and Andy Weir, the author of \u201cThe Martian\u201d (which was made into a blockbuster movie starring Matt Damon).<\/p>\n<p>The Goddard Memorial Trophy and the other awards will be handed out during the Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C., on March 10 \u2013 and it\u2019s a good bet that Bezos will be there.<\/p>\n<p>He and the Blue Origin team have already won prizes ranging from the Heinlein Prize to the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, so it may be challenging to figure out how to make room for the prize in Bezos\u2019 trophy case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bezos, Buzz Aldrin and the moonwalker\u2019s son, Andrew Aldrin, are front and center in this picture taken at Blue Origin\u2019s headquarters in Kent, Wash. Buzz Aldrin\u2019s longtime assistant, Christina Korp, is to the right and behind Andrew Aldrin. 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