Jeff Bezos’ rocket company tests its tourism spaceship
5 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company tests its tourism spaceship

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, successfully completed another test launch of its space tourism rocket. It marked the 11th uncrewed test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, and it could be one of the last before the company starts selling tickets and sending its first customers to space. New Shepard will help Blue Origin compete directly with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic in the suborbital space tourism market. While Elon Musk and his rocket company, SpaceX, have drawn massive media attention over the past decade, Blue Origin has stayed largely under the radar.

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Jeff Bezos eyes space victory as Blue Origin launch nears, revives rivalry with Musk’s SpaceX
3 days, 16 hours ago

Jeff Bezos eyes space victory as Blue Origin launch nears, revives rivalry with Musk’s SpaceX

Live Mint  

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos, is preparing to launch its inaugural orbital rocket, New Glenn, next week, marking a pivotal moment in the commercial space race. This launch signifies Blue Origin’s long-awaited entry into the competitive orbital launch market, moving beyond its previous suborbital achievements with the smaller New Shepard rocket, which ferried passengers …

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?
4 days, 22 hours ago

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?

Live Mint  

IT HAS BEEN a long time coming. Assuming there are no last-minute delays, then in the next few days Blue Origin, a firm run by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will make the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. In contrast to Mr Bezos’s hard-charging management style at Amazon, at Blue Origin the gradatim has …

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX
6 days, 4 hours ago

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. And, in an attempt to replicate the success that SpaceX has found reusing rocket boosters over the past decade, Blue Origin will also aim to guide New Glenn’s first-stage rocket booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform — named Jacklyn for Bezos’ mother — minutes after takeoff. New Glenn’s …

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX
6 days, 4 hours ago

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. And, in an attempt to replicate the success that SpaceX has found reusing rocket boosters over the past decade, Blue Origin will also aim to guide New Glenn’s first-stage rocket booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform — named Jacklyn for Bezos’ mother — minutes after takeoff. New Glenn’s …

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin gets clearance to launch New Glenn rocket
1 week, 4 days ago

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin gets clearance to launch New Glenn rocket

India Today  

In a significant advancement for the aerospace industry, the Federal Aviation Administration has granted Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, a commercial space launch license for its New Glenn rocket. The inaugural flight of New Glenn will serve as a certification mission required by the U.S. Space Force before Blue Origin can begin launching national security payloads. …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin fires up new rocket's engines ahead of debut launch
1 week, 5 days ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin fires up new rocket's engines ahead of debut launch

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace firm Blue Origin fired up the engines on its massive new rocket, the New Glenn, on Friday — a last critical test needed to pave the way for the vehicle’s debut launch to space. Blue Origin's New Glenn is meant to be Blue Origin’s primary rocket for launching satellites — and eventually people — to orbit. The …

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches 100th woman in history to space
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches 100th woman in history to space

India Today  

Blue Origin successfully launched its NS-28 mission on November 22, sending six tourists into suborbital space aboard the New Shepard rocket. The flight took off from the company's West Texas launch pad at approximately 9:00 pm IST, marking Blue Origin's ninth crewed mission and the 28th overall for the New Shepard program. WATCH BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCH SIX TOURISTS TO SPACE …

Millions Join Live Stream to Buy Tickets to First Chinese Rocket Trip to Space
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Millions Join Live Stream to Buy Tickets to First Chinese Rocket Trip to Space

CNN  

Millions of people tuned in to a livestream on Chinese shopping platform Taobao to purchase two tickets for passage on the first Chinese rocket ship to take tourists to space. The tickets, priced at 1,000,000 yuan (around $140,000), sold out immediately, with the identities of the ticket buyers not disclosed.

Bezos' Boeing moment: NASA delays upcoming Mars mission due to issues with Blue Origin rockets
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bezos' Boeing moment: NASA delays upcoming Mars mission due to issues with Blue Origin rockets

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos' plans to launch a pair of Blue Origin space probes to Mars next month have been scrapped by NASA. But it appears that NASA isn't convinced that New Glenn - Blue Origin's partially reusable, heavy-lift rocket that's slated to launch the probes - will be ready for liftoff by then. NASA has scrapped the October launch of their …

Blue Origin launches six paying customers on brief tourist flight to space
4 months, 1 week ago

Blue Origin launches six paying customers on brief tourist flight to space

India Today  

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its sixth crewed mission to space today from its West Texas facility. WATCH BLUE ORIGIN FLY SIX TOURISTS TO SPACE The New Shepard vehicle lifted off at 6:45 pm IST, soaring above the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary of space at 100 kilometres altitude. As Blue Origin …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause

The Independent  

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How Jeff Bezos built his $200B fortune and became world's richest man
10 months ago

How Jeff Bezos built his $200B fortune and became world's richest man

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has taken back his spot as the world's richest man for the first time in three years after amassing a $200billion fortune. Bezos sold off a total of $4billion worth of Amazon shares since mid-February, regulatory filings revealed, but he is still the firm's highest shareholder, owning close to 10 percent of company stock. Bezos stepped down as …

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu
10 months ago

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has taken back his spot as the world's richest man for the first time in three years after amassing a $200billion fortune. In February 2020, he shelled out $165million for this 13,600 sq ft Georgian-style mansion in Beverly Hills, California, which boasts terraces, guest houses, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course Jeff Bezos's yacht named Koru …

Bezos hopes Amazon strategy will help Blue Origin top SpaceX
1 year ago

Bezos hopes Amazon strategy will help Blue Origin top SpaceX

The Hindu  

An Amazon veteran tapped by Jeff Bezos to lead Blue Origin aims to pull from the e-commerce giant's speedy manufacturing playbook to give the space company's rocket launch and moon lander business a badly needed boost against Elon Musk's SpaceX. Top priorities for Dave Limp, who led Amazon's lucrative devices unit, include accelerating development of Blue Origin's long-delayed New Glenn …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first mission to space in 15 months today
1 year ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first mission to space in 15 months today

India Today  

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, is poised to return to work once again as it prepares for the launch of its 24th New Shepard mission on Monday. The return is marked by the closure of an investigation into the failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle during its last flight. The NS-24 mission marks a …

Jeff Bezos’ rocket exploded and he didn’t tell anyone
1 year, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ rocket exploded and he didn’t tell anyone

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Blue Origin confirmed the accident, stating that its team “ran into an issue while testing Vulcan’s Flight …

NASA announces that Bezos’s Blue Origin will build moon lander
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA announces that Bezos’s Blue Origin will build moon lander

Al Jazeera  

The contract is a milestone for Bezos’s space company after it lost a previous lunar-landing bid to competitor SpaceX. The United States federal space agency NASA has selected Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin to construct a spacecraft that will send astronauts to and from the surface of the moon, winning a contract valued at about $3.4bn. “Today we are excited …

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission
1 year, 10 months ago

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to launch a mission next year to study the magnetic field around Mars, the U.S. space agency and company said. Plans call for Blue Origin's recently developed New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to blast off with NASA's dual-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission in …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch
2 years, 3 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch

LA Times  

A manned New Shepard rocket lifts off from Blue Origin’s spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on July 20, 2021. Blue Origin aborted a launch of its suborbital New Shepard rocket shortly after takeoff in West Texas, the first major failure for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company since transitioning to routine commercial flights. “This wasn’t planned, and we don’t have any …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends 1st Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space
2 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends 1st Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space on the company's sixth crewed flight. The crew member of the sixth crewed flight of Blue Origin It included Coby Cotton, one of five co-founders of the YouTube sports and comedy channel Dude Perfect, which boasts more than 57 million followers. The crew also included Egyptian engineer Sara Sabry, …

Blue Origin conducts second tourist launch of 2022, sends six passengers to space
2 years, 7 months ago

Blue Origin conducts second tourist launch of 2022, sends six passengers to space

India Today  

Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin on Saturday conducted its fifth launch of the New Shepard spacecraft, sending six people on a brief suborbital flight to space. The spacecraft lifted off from Launch Site-1 in the Texas desert with investor and NS-19 Astronaut Evan Dick; electrical engineer and former NASA test lead Katya Echazarreta; business jet pilot and Action Aviation Chairman …

Bezos' Blue Origin to launch six tourists into space on Tuesday
2 years, 9 months ago

Bezos' Blue Origin to launch six tourists into space on Tuesday

India Today  

Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin will conduct the first launch of 2022 on Tuesday as it sends six passengers on a brief suborbital flight to space. "Each astronaut onboard NS-20 will carry a postcard to space on behalf of Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, whose Postcards to Space program gives students access to space on Blue Origin’s rockets," the …

Bezos' Blue Origin to conduct first launch of 2022 on March 23, send 6 tourists to space
2 years, 9 months ago

Bezos' Blue Origin to conduct first launch of 2022 on March 23, send 6 tourists to space

India Today  

After successfully completing three private flights to space, Blue Origin is set to conduct the first tourist launch of 2022. The Jeff Bezos founded company will launch Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson and five others on a brief suborbital flight to space on March 23 on its New Shepard spacecraft. Former NFL great and “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan …

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum
2 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has paid $200 million to name a new branch of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, after the Amazon founder traveled to space just once. Along with the STEAM center, a major portion of the renovations will focus on the museum's existing restaurant area this spring and replace it with the new building, with the aim of opening …

Blue Origin launch with Michael Strahan caps record year for human spaceflight
3 years ago

Blue Origin launch with Michael Strahan caps record year for human spaceflight

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin LLC launched six people to the edge of space for a few minutes on Saturday, a trip that rounded out the busiest year for human flights in more than three decades. This year’s number includes five trips managed by either the Chinese and Russian governments, such as the Russian space agency’s launch earlier this week of …

Blue Origin poised to send NFL, TV's Strahan into space
3 years ago

Blue Origin poised to send NFL, TV's Strahan into space

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, …

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to blast GMA anchor Michael Strahan and others into space
3 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to blast GMA anchor Michael Strahan and others into space

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin will launch TV star Michael Strahan and a host …

Bezos’ Blue Origin plans to build commercial space station ‘business park’ called Orbital Reef
3 years, 2 months ago

Bezos’ Blue Origin plans to build commercial space station ‘business park’ called Orbital Reef

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and other partners, including Boeing and Colorado-based company Sierra …

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space
3 years, 2 months ago

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space

The Hindu  

Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this decade. Orbital Reef will be operated as a "mixed use business park", and plans to provide the infrastructure needed to scale economic activity and open new markets in space, …

‘Star Trek’s’ William Shatner ventures to space, in real life
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Star Trek’s’ William Shatner ventures to space, in real life

LA Times  

William Shatner, second from left, speaks as Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries look on after their flight at the Blue Origin spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on Wednesday. After decades of exploring the final frontier on screen, “Star Trek” actor William Shatner became the oldest person to reach space in a 10-minute flight Wednesday that moved him …

NASA to test out new tech on Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard launch
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA to test out new tech on Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard launch

Firstpost  

Blue Origin’s mission comes on the heels of its growing feud with NASA with the company filing a lawsuit against the agency over the Artemis 3 mission. The Blue Origin’s 17th New Shepard mission, set to launch into space on 26 August, will test technologies from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Blue Origin’s mission comes on the heels …

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit

The Hindu  

NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk's SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the U.S government, an agency spokeswoman said. Blue Origin has said its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims last week, was "an attempt to remedy the flaws in …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX

NPR  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jeff Bezos' ongoing rivalry with SpaceX is heating up. His aerospace company, Blue Origin, has filed a lawsuit against NASA after the agency awarded a highly coveted contract for a lunar lander to Elon …

Blue Origin | The race to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin | The race to space

The Hindu  

In 2005, six years after he was named the Time magazine’s Person of the Year for helping “build the foundation of our future” and already a multi-billionaire by this time, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos walked into the nondescript office of Van Horn Advocate, a local weekly newspaper in Van Horn town in west Texas, to talk about a project that …

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?
3 years, 5 months ago

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His exploits also come nine days after Sir Richard Branson’s space travel venture Virgin Galactict took to …

Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket: ‘Best day ever!’
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket: ‘Best day ever!’

Associated Press  

VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. “Let’s hope that many, many more people can do this.” Four hours after their flight, Bezos drove his crew over to see the rocket that carried …

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to anyone who can afford it. Bezos’ Blue Origin, which developed a 60-foot-tall vertically launched rocket, and Branson’s Virgin Galactic, …

What a Ticket on Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Will Cost You
55 years ago

What a Ticket on Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Will Cost You

Slate  

Jeff Bezos and three other passengers spent roughly 10 minutes Tuesday morning flying on a round trip to space in the New Shepard, a rocket ship built by the billionaire’s aerospace company Blue Origin. LIFTOFF: Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen blast off into space https://t.co/5C820HM4EM pic.twitter.com/nmyQn0B2UE — CBS News July 20, 2021 The flight was Blue …

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos has successfully shot himself into space onboard a rocket made by …

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth
3 years, 5 months ago

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth

Firstpost  

Named after America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing AN HORN, Texas: Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Named after …

'Do a favour': Tulsi Gabbard has this to say about Jeff Bezos space trip
3 years, 5 months ago

'Do a favour': Tulsi Gabbard has this to say about Jeff Bezos space trip

Op India  

Former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has jumped on the anti-Amazon bandwagon. On the eve of Jeff Bezos’ space trip, she has made her feelings about the founder of Amazon abundantly clear. Do the world a favor.” Source: Twitter In another tweet, Tulsi Gabbard said, “The only problem I have with Bezos’ Blue Origin space rocket ship into outer space is …

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight

The Hindu  

Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Named after America's first astronaut, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a date chosen by Mr …

Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, completes voyage to space on his Blue Origin rocket
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, completes voyage to space on his Blue Origin rocket

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos blasted off for an 11-minute ride on his company’s rocket, furthering a push to make space tourism viable and fulfilling a childhood dream to explore the heavens and completed the voyage well within time. "Our recovery team is headed out to meet Jeff, Mark, Wally, and Oliver for a celebration marking their return from space," tweeted rocket company …

Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight with Jeff Bezos and crew takes off; everything you need to know
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight with Jeff Bezos and crew takes off; everything you need to know

Firstpost  

The all-civilian crew will include Bezos, his brother Mark; female pilot that NASA rejected for its astronaut program, Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk and high school graduate Oliver Daemen. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” New Shepard Rocket The New Shepard rocket is Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket named after NASA astronaut Alan Shepherd. All-civilian crew The all-civilian crew will include Bezos, …

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space

Live Mint  

The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket to outer space on Tuesday, a key moment for a fledgling industry seeking to make the final frontier accessible to elite tourists. Bezos, 57, founded Blue Origin in 2000 with the goal of one day building floating space colonies with artificial gravity where millions of people will …

Jeff Bezos and crew will launch on Blue Origin spacecraft on 20 July: How to watch live
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos and crew will launch on Blue Origin spacecraft on 20 July: How to watch live

Firstpost  

While the live stream will begin 90 minutes before the launch, the spacecraft will launch at 6:30 pm IST. The billionaire will use his company’s Blue Origin New Shepard rocket and will be in space for a total of 11 minutes. Blue Origin’s Launch Site One is located in a remote location in the West Texas desert and will not …

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride

LA Times  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos achieves his dream of flying to the edge of space. Our Dream of Spaceflight.” “It’s still going to be expensive, it’s still not going to be something everybody can do right away, but it’s a first step.” Bezos’ suborbital flight — his company Blue Origin’s first crewed launch — came a little over a week after …

Jeff Bezos space flight: Blue Origin lands as Amazon founder returns from stellar voyage
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos space flight: Blue Origin lands as Amazon founder returns from stellar voyage

The Telegraph  

The four experienced a brief period of weightlessness on flight, which lasted ten minutes and ten seconds, whooping and cheering as they floated in orbit for a period of around three minutes. The flight was two decades in the making for Mr Bezos, a long time space fanatic and fan of Star Trek, who founded Blue Origin in 2000. On …

Blue Origin maiden spaceflight: Jeff Bezos flies to space in picture-perfect launch and landing
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin maiden spaceflight: Jeff Bezos flies to space in picture-perfect launch and landing

India Today  

It was in the year 2000 when Jeff Bezos, who had just started capturing the US e-commerce market with Amazon, decided to make his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut a reality and Blue Origin came to life. Read: Kalyan-born engineer part of Blue Origin team that built space rocket for Jeff Bezos As they arrived in space Wally Funk …

Blue Origin-Jeff Bezos historic flight to space in pictures
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin-Jeff Bezos historic flight to space in pictures

India Today  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Read: Kalyan-born engineer part of Blue Origin team that built space rocket for Jeff Bezos Named after America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared from remote …

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