News Archive / Tagged: Blue Origin

• William Shatner, 90, makes brief trek to space

  Derek RichardsonOctober 13th, 2021

  Boldly going where fewer than 600 people have gone before, William Shatner of Star Trek fame, as well as three others, flew into space on Blue Origin’s second suborbital human spaceflight.

• William Shatner set for a brief trip to the final frontier

  Theresa CrossOctober 6th, 2021

  Blue Origin is set to perform its second human spaceflight later this month, and it's expected to send TV icon William Shatner into space.

• New Shepard rocket launches to test new space technologies

  Theresa CrossAugust 26th, 2021

  Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket flew its 17th mission, which was dedicated to testing payloads related to the future of space travel and lunar surface missions.

• Blue Origin suing NASA over Moon lander contract

  Theresa CrossAugust 17th, 2021

  Blue Origin has taken legal action against NASA in Federal court over the agency’s decision to award SpaceX a sole contract to build the agency’s Human Landing System as part of the Artemis program.

• Jeff Bezos touches space on 1st crewed flight of New Shepard

  Theresa CrossJuly 20th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its first crewed New Shepard mission on a suborbital trajectory into space with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three others.

• Wally Funk of the ‘Mercury 13’ to finally fly into space next week

  Theresa CrossJuly 13th, 2021

  On July 1, 2021, Blue Origin announced that Wally Funk, a member of the “Mercury 13," would fly into space atop the company’s suborbital New Shepard rocket.

• Jeff Bezos to fly to space on 1st crewed New Shepard flight

  Theresa CrossJune 7th, 2021

  Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is going to space, along with his brother Mark Bezos, on the first crewed flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital rocket.

• Orbital space tourism poised to take off later this year

  Theresa CrossMay 26th, 2021

  Within a span of about six months, a dozen new spaceflight participants could fly into orbit on four space tourism flights beginning as early as September.

• Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation

  Cullen DesforgesApril 21st, 2021

  On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.

• Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.

• NASA adds New Glenn to Launch Services Program

  Nicholas D'AlessandroJanuary 14th, 2021

  Last month, the U.S. space agency awarded a NASA Launch Services contract to Blue Origin and its New Glenn rocket.

• NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers

  Cullen DesforgesMay 1st, 2020

                              NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.

• New Year, new headquarters for Blue Origin

  Laurel KornfeldJanuary 9th, 2020

  With Blue Origin opening its new headquarters, 2020 appears to be a year of further expansion for NewSpace.

• Blue Origin leads consortium of space stalwarts to develop Human Landing System

  Curt GodwinOctober 25th, 2019

  Although the company has yet to launch a single human into suborbital space, much less into orbit, Blue Origin plans to be a key player in NASA's return to the Moon. At present, it's unclear if a recent announcement will join others in the lunar regolith or ignite a new era of human lunar exploration.

• Companies selected to study lunar landers for Artemis program

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2019

  In order to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, NASA needs to get a jump start on the development of crew-rated lunar landers.