Jeff Bezos Blue Origin rocket to launch again after delays over ice buildup and weather concerns
1 day, 17 hours ago

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin rocket to launch again after delays over ice buildup and weather concerns

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, will try to launch a massive new rocket on Tuesday again after postponing the debut launch due to ice buildup in critical plumbing, reported PTI. Blue Origin's 320-foot-long New Glenn rocket was planned to be launched on Monday with a prototype satellite. Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, New Glenn is five times taller than Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket that carries customers from Texas to the edge of space. The Amazon CEO is “very optimistic” about the future of Blue Origin, under the coming Donald Trump presidency, Bezos told Reuters in an interview on January 12.

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Blue Origin rocket launch cancelled as Jeff Bezos tries to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX
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2 days, 10 hours ago

Blue Origin rocket launch cancelled as Jeff Bezos tries to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX

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 Blue Origin, the private space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has …

Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn’s maiden flight due to technical glitch
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2 days, 11 hours ago

Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn’s maiden flight due to technical glitch

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Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, has postponed the inaugural launch of its colossal New Glenn rocket following a technical hitch. The New Glenn rocket, named in honour of astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, stands five times taller than Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. Jeff Bezos, who founded Blue Origin 25 …

New Glenn: Blue Origin waves off attempt to launch its most powerful rocket yet
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2 days, 20 hours ago

New Glenn: Blue Origin waves off attempt to launch its most powerful rocket yet

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has called off its first attempt to get its new, 30-story New Glenn rocket off the ground. “We are standing down from today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue” said Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s vice president of …

Space Race Heats Up: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch threatens Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominance?
3 days, 9 hours ago

Space Race Heats Up: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch threatens Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominance?

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin is set for its maiden orbital voyage with New Glenn rocket. The Glenn rocket launch initially scheduled for Sunday, 12 January, was pushed back a day due to "unfavourable" sea conditions, Blue Origin said in a post on social media platform X. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp wrote on X alongside photos of the Glenn rocket. …

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin postpones maiden launch of New Glenn rocket
5 days, 20 hours ago

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin postpones maiden launch of New Glenn rocket

India Today  

Blue Origin has officially postponed the inaugural launch of its New Glenn reusable launch vehicle to January 12, 2025, due to adverse weather conditions in the Atlantic Ocean. The launch, originally scheduled for January 10, was delayed because of high sea states affecting the planned landing area for the rocket's booster. In a statement posted on social media, Blue Origin …

Jeff Bezos eyes space victory as Blue Origin launch nears, revives rivalry with Musk’s SpaceX
1 week, 2 days ago

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

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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?
1 week, 3 days ago

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?

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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
1 week, 4 days ago

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

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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
1 week, 4 days 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
2 weeks, 2 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
2 weeks, 4 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 …

‘Next step launch’: Jeff Bezos reacts as Blue Origin completes critical test ahead of New Glenn debut
2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Next step launch’: Jeff Bezos reacts as Blue Origin completes critical test ahead of New Glenn debut

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Jeff Bezoz's Blue Origin on Saturday announced that its New Glenn rocket has successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, marking the last major milestone ahead of launch. New Glenn has also received a commercial space launch license from the US Federal Aviation Administration for the first-ever mission of the company's New Glenn vehicle. “The license allows Blue Origin …

Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch supremacy?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch supremacy?

Live Mint  

Elon Musk’s appointment as Donald Trump’s waste-cutter-in-chief involves at least one glaring conflict of interest. A paradigm example of waste, which would be near the top of any cutter’s hit list, is the Space Launch System, a rocket designed to carry 95-tonne payloads into orbit to support America’s plan to return astronauts to the Moon. Success for New Glenn would …

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches 100th woman in history to space
1 month, 3 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 …

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to make space-based cellular service a reality, transforming mobile connectivity
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to make space-based cellular service a reality, transforming mobile connectivity

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Blue Origin has entered into a multi-launch agreement to deploy multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile, a company building the world’s first space-based cellular broadband network. The satellites will be launched into low Earth orbit aboard New Glenn, Blue Origin’s powerful orbital launch vehicle. “New Glenn’s performance and unprecedented capacity within its seven-meter fairing enables us to …

Bezos' Boeing moment: NASA delays upcoming Mars mission due to issues with Blue Origin rockets
4 months 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, 2 weeks 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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Meet New Glenn, the rocket that can launch three school buses to space at once
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet New Glenn, the rocket that can launch three school buses to space at once

India Today  

Blue Origin, the space company founded by former Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has raised its newly developed rocket on the launch pad ahead of its maiden launch later this year. The tests will conclude in the coming weeks following several demonstrations of cryogenic fluid loading, pressure control, and the vehicle’s venting systems," Blue Origin added. "Blue Origin has several New …

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 …

Blue Origin to return to space as US government ends mishap investigation
1 year, 3 months ago

Blue Origin to return to space as US government ends mishap investigation

India Today  

The US Federal Aviation Administration concluded its investigation into the failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle clearing it to resume tourist flights to space in the coming months. The investigation, conducted by Blue Origin with oversight from the FAA and input from the National Transportation Safety Board and Nasa's Flight Opportunities Program and Commercial Crew Office, identified the …

Jeff Bezos’ rocket exploded and he didn’t tell anyone
1 year, 6 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 …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin plans all-women crew for space launch, says report
1 year, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin plans all-women crew for space launch, says report

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’ company Blue Origin is reportedly planning an all-women crew launch to …

SpaceX aims to increase launches as rivals prep new rockets
2 years ago

SpaceX aims to increase launches as rivals prep new rockets

Live Mint  

SpaceX is pushing to increase its flight rate this year as competitors work to debut new vehicles for the launch market. That would represent a 64% jump compared with the 61 missions the company handled last year—itself the top number among private and government rocket launchers around the world, according to a new report from astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracks …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch
2 years, 4 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 …

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 …

Blue Origin's first launch of 2022 delayed, celebrity passenger Pete Davidson out
2 years, 9 months ago

Blue Origin's first launch of 2022 delayed, celebrity passenger Pete Davidson out

India Today  

Days after it announced its lineup for the first crewed launch of 2022, Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin delayed the mission till March 29. Blue Origin, without giving any explanation behind Davidson not joining the space tourism flight, said that the launch, which was initially scheduled for March 23 will now happen on March 29. Davidson, 28, the boyfriend of reality …

Bezos' Blue Origin to conduct first launch of 2022 on March 23, send 6 tourists to space
2 years, 10 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 …

Pete Davidson said to be negotiating Blue Origin space flight with Jeff Bezos
2 years, 10 months ago

Pete Davidson said to be negotiating Blue Origin space flight with Jeff Bezos

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Blue Origin launch with Michael Strahan caps record year for human spaceflight
3 years, 1 month 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, 1 month ago

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

The Independent  

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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 …

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, …

Blue Origin to launch actor William Shatner, three others today at 7.30 pm IST: How to watch it live
3 years, 3 months ago

Blue Origin to launch actor William Shatner, three others today at 7.30 pm IST: How to watch it live

Firstpost  

New Shepard launches to an altitude of roughly 101 km, a widely recognized marker of where space begins and known as the Kármán line and the full mission lasts about 10 minutes. Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is set to launch William Shatner, the actor known best for his role as Capt. Launching Shatner, whose character crisscrossed outer space …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jeff Bezos Successfully Blasts Himself Into Space
55 years ago

Jeff Bezos Successfully Blasts Himself Into Space

Slate  

Watch Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launch: pic.twitter.com/NWGPnIbW3P — The Washington Post July 20, 2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a team of three others completed a successful rocket launch into space Tuesday morning. The launch of the rocket New Shepard, named after Alan Shepard the first American in space, shot Bezos and his brother, Mark Bezos, along with Wally …

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 …

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