News Archive / Tagged: Blue Origin

• A day of scrubs: No flights today for SpaceX, Blue Origin, Arianespace or ULA – UPDATE

  Jason RhianDecember 18th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Today wasn't the most productive for Arianespace, SpaceX, Blue Origin or ULA. Attempts to launch four missions all ended with the rockets and their payloads safe - but on the ground.

• Once used for Shuttle landings, iconic runway cleared for horizontal launches

  Jim SharkeyNovember 10th, 2018

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — With the close of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the future of the facilities that supported the program was in doubt. The mantra of Kennedy Space Center becoming a "multi-user spaceport" was drummed out at every event where the center's future was discussed. With every passing day, that mantra appears to becoming a reality.

• Air Force contracts with Blue Origin for use of New Glenn reusable rocket

  Laurel KornfeldOctober 14th, 2018

  Commercial space company Blue Origin has landed a contract to carry out a critical aspect of Department of Defense missions.

• ULA selects Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine for Vulcan rocket

  Curt GodwinSeptember 27th, 2018

  Aerojet Rocketdyne lost out to Blue Origin for the production of the main rocket engine for the Vulcan lunch system. How will this guide the development of the new rocket?

• Blue Origin’s 9th New Shepard flight tests high-altitude abort mode

  Derek RichardsonJuly 18th, 2018

  For the second time in 2018, Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket system. This particular uncrewed flight evaluated a high-altitude abort mode for the capsules launch escape system.

• NewSpace gaining more real estate at Kennedy

  Collin SkocikJune 24th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space Florida, the aerospace economic development agency of the State of Florida, will be meeting in Tampa in the next week to provide some $18 million of state money to help Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and Blue Origin, LLC, to develop new facilities at Kennedy Space Center. 

• Barn to barn: Blue Origin capsule reaches space on 8th New Shepard test

  Bart LeahyApril 29th, 2018

  After several delays, Blue Origin launched its eighth successful New Shepard suborbital rocket with 'passenger payloads' aboard. This flight was the second for this particular booster and capsule.

• Jeff Bezos tweets latest BE-4 engine test footage

  Derek RichardsonMarch 14th, 2018

  Blue Origin has successfully tested its BE-4 engine at its longest duration yet revealed by the secretive spaceflight company. In a video tweeted out by the company’s founder, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, it was announced that the engine, which is capable of 550,000 pounds (2,400 kilonewtons) of thrust, was tested at 65 percent of full-power for about 114 seconds.

• Blue Origin returns to flight with New Shepard launch

  Lloyd CampbellDecember 12th, 2017

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ up-and-coming space launch company Blue Origin sent the latest version of the company's New Shepard sub-orbital rocket today (December 12). Liftoff occurred around midday EST from the firm's launch facility outside of Van Horn, Texas.

• Blue Origin set to launch next New Shepard

  Derek RichardsonDecember 10th, 2017

  Blue Origin is getting ready to fly a New Shepard suborbital rocket sometime between Dec. 11–14. On Dec. 9, 2017, the company issued a notice to airmen, also called a NOTAM, for the area around its rocket site near Van Horn, Texas.

• 2017 Oshkosh air show puts ‘space’ in Aerospace

  Jason RhianAugust 6th, 2017

  OSHKOSH, Wis. — When one thinks of air shows, images of sleek fighter planes, aerial acrobats spinning plumes of smoke, and old warbirds majestically flying past spectators spring to mind. However, with ever-increasing regularity, spacecraft and astronauts are becoming key participants in these shows. The recent EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 air show was no exception.

• Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine test hardware suffers failure

  Derek RichardsonMay 16th, 2017

  In a tweet on Sunday, May 14, 2017, NewSpace company Blue Origin announced it had lost a set of powerpack test hardware for its BE-4 engine in development. No details were released as to what happened or why.

• Blue Origin looking to make a ‘Blue Moon’

  Bart LeahyApril 12th, 2017

  In the last year, Blue Origin pushed its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in more complex tests, unveiled a reusable orbital rocket, and broke ground on a new factory in Florida. Now the company is looking one step further, revealing a design for a lunar lander at the 33rd Space Symposium.

• Jeff Bezos teases New Shepard capsule interior

  Bart LeahyMarch 29th, 2017

  In a March 29, 2017, email, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos revealed additional progress on the company’s New Shepard suborbital space tourism capsule. Instead of focusing on spaceflight technologies, the latest images coming out of the company show tantalizing photos of the ship’s interior.

• OneWeb becomes second customer for Blue Origin’s New Glenn booster

  Jose FloresMarch 8th, 2017

  On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos announced on Twitter that OneWeb, an organization committed to making the Internet available and affordable to everyone by 2027, has reached an initial agreement for five launches on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.