News Archive / Tagged: Blue Origin

• Blue Moon ‘Mark 1’ lander mockup unveiled by Blue Origin

  Derek RichardsonOctober 30th, 2023

  Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon Mark 1 lunar lander, a cargo delivery system the company plans to use to test and refine features for its much larger human lander.

• Northrop, Nanoracks team on commercial space station project

  Derek RichardsonOctober 9th, 2023

  Northrop Grumman has decided to withdraw from an agreement with NASA to build a commercial space station and will instead join forces with Nanoracks to develop "Starlab."

• NASA picks 7 companies to advance commercial space capabilities

  Derek RichardsonJune 16th, 2023

  NASA has partnered with seven companies to help advance commercial orbital capabilities to meet the agency’s needs while building up a commercial low Earth orbit economy.

• Blue Origin selected as 2nd Moon lander provider for Artemis

  Derek RichardsonMay 19th, 2023

  A team led by Blue Origin has been selected by NASA to build a second Human Landing System for the agency’s Artemis program.

• Uncrewed New Shepard mission experiences in-flight abort

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 12th, 2022

  In a reminder that rocket launches are not routine events, Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket system suffered an anomaly during its 23rd flight.

• Transporter Erector for Blue Origin New Glenn goes vertical

  Theresa CrossAugust 19th, 2022

  Blue Origin’s transporter erector, which will be used for the company’s massive New Glenn rocket, was raised to the vertical position on Launch Complex 36.

• Blue Origin New Shepard flies six people to space on NS-22 mission

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 4th, 2022

  Blue Origin’s NS-22 crewed suborbital New Shepard mission successfully took to the skies from the company’s West Texas launch site.

• Amazon signs contracts for 83 rocket launches

  Theresa CrossApril 12th, 2022

  Last week, Amazon announced one of the most significant rocket deals within the commercial space market in order to build its Kuiper internet constellation.

• New Shepard rocket roars off the pad on 20th mission

  Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2022

  Blue Origin launched another six passengers aboard its New Shepard spacecraft -- the 20th flight of the rocket system and the fourth with people.

• Crypto pioneer Justin Sun to fly to space on New Shepard

  Theresa CrossDecember 23rd, 2021

  It has been revealed that Justin Sun won the winning bid for what was originally to be the first seat aboard Blue Origin’s inaugural New Shepard rocket with a human crew.

• Blue Origin launches six people on suborbital trip to space

  Theresa CrossDecember 12th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket, taking "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan on the company's third crewed suborbital spaceflight.

• Three companies selected to develop commercial space stations

  Theresa CrossDecember 6th, 2021

  Last week, NASA signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop private free-flying commercial space stations in low Earth orbit.

• Blue Origin lunar lander lawsuit dismissed by federal judge

  Derek RichardsonNovember 4th, 2021

  A United States Court of Federal Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit by Blue Origin versus NASA over the agency’s decision to award the Human Landing System contract solely to SpaceX.

• Blue Origin announces ‘Orbital Reef’ commercial space station

  Derek RichardsonOctober 26th, 2021

  In partnership with Sierra Space, Blue Origin announced plans for a commercial space station called 'Orbital Reef' to be built in low Earth orbit by the end of this decade.

• 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.