News Archive / Tagged: Blue Origin

• 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.

• Blue Origin upgrading NASA test stand

  Patrick AttwellMay 13th, 2019

  Blue Origin and NASA announced an agreement that would allow the company to test two of its new rocket engines in Alabama.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019

  This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 4, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 4th, 2019

  In this week’s Space Bulletin, a bunch of rockets launched, including a Long March 4B from China and a Falcon 9 with a Dragon bound for the space station.

• Blue Origin launches suborbital New Shepard for 2nd time in 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 2nd, 2019

  For the second time in 2019, Blue Origin flew its suborbital New Shepard rocket with dozens of experiments, many for NASA's Flight Opportunities program.