Blue Origin's next spaceflight on Aug 25: Amid tussle with Nasa, New Shephard to carry lunar landing tech
3 years, 4 months ago

Blue Origin's next spaceflight on Aug 25: Amid tussle with Nasa, New Shephard to carry lunar landing tech

India Today  

Days after Blue Origin dragged the US government to court over a lunar lander contract to SpaceX, Blue Origin is planning for its next spaceflight on August 25. The company said that the New Shephard spacecraft will fly a Nasa lunar landing technology strapped on the booster's exterior along with other critical payloads. The NS-17 flight will test a suite of lunar landing technologies to reduce risk and boost chances for successful missions to the Moon, Blue Origin said, adding that the payload will fly mounted on the exterior of the New Shepard booster. "The technologies could allow future missions-both crewed and robotic-to target landing sites that weren't possible during the Apollo missions, such as regions with varied terrain near craters," Blue Origin said. Amid a tussle The latest flight carrying Nasa payloads comes amid a heated tussle between Blue Origin and the American space agency over a lunar lander contract to SpaceX.

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Blue Origin to return to space as US government ends mishap investigation
1 year, 2 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 …

NASA taps Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander for Artemis 5 mission
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA taps Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander for Artemis 5 mission

Live Mint  

Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, said on Twitter he was “honored to be on this …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander
1 year, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

The Hindu  

A team led by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon’s surface, NASA’s chief announced on Friday, capping a high-stakes contest. After losing in 2021, Blue Origin unsuccessfully fought to overturn NASA's decision to ignore its Blue Moon lander, first with a watchdog agency …

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 …

Blue Origin conducts second tourist launch of 2022, sends six passengers to space
2 years, 6 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 …

Blue Origin conducts first space tourism launch of 2022, sends six tourists on joyride trip outside Earth
2 years, 8 months ago

Blue Origin conducts first space tourism launch of 2022, sends six tourists on joyride trip outside Earth

India Today  

Space Tourism is back!!! Blue Origin on Thursday launched six tourists on its maiden space mission in 2022. Among the six, five had paid an undisclosed amount, estimated in millions of dollars, to reserve a seat on the New Shepard spacecraft to go outside Earth. The spacecraft took them on a brief joyride outside the planet, giving them moments of …

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 …

Judge rules against Blue Origin in standoff with SpaceX, NASA
3 years, 1 month ago

Judge rules against Blue Origin in standoff with SpaceX, NASA

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A federal judge delivered a major blow to Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, on Thursday by ruling in favor of NASA in a dispute over who will build the lander intended to take humans back to the moon. Blue Origin has fought that decision ever since, saying NASA unfairly favored SpaceX, and argued that …

Blue Origin loses protest of SpaceX’s $3BN moon landing contract
3 years, 1 month ago

Blue Origin loses protest of SpaceX’s $3BN moon landing contract

Al Jazeera  

‘NASA will resume work with SpaceX,’ the agency said in a statement after the United States court ruling. SpaceX is cleared to perform a nearly $3 billion NASA contract to develop technology to land people on the moon after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed Blue Origin Federation LLC’s protest Thursday. In response to the news, SpaceX CEO Elon …

At 90, Shatner conquers Captain Kirk's 'final frontier' with Blue Origin
3 years, 2 months ago

At 90, Shatner conquers Captain Kirk's 'final frontier' with Blue Origin

India Today  

As the 60-foot tall rocket thundered the launch site one in Texas, four passengers strapped in the capsule waited with bated breath for the first glimpse of the big blue marble. The four astronauts, who travelled to space on Blue Origin's latest flight. A 10 MINUTE TRIP TO SPACE The New Shepard flight comes just weeks after SpaceX flew four …

NASA to test out new tech on Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard launch
3 years, 3 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 suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November

India TV News  

A week after Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Moon lander contract to Elon Musk, the US space agency has put SpaceX's $3 billion contract on hold for the second time, the media reported. Blue Origin sued NASA last week over NASA's April decision to pick only SpaceX's Starship rocket system for the agency's first human lunar landing …

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 sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
3 years, 4 months ago

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the U.S. government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. "We firmly believe that the issues identified in this procurement and its outcomes must be addressed to restore fairness, create competition, and ensure a safe return …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

Live Mint  

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. "We firmly believe that the issues identified in this procurement and its outcomes must be addressed to restore fairness, create competition, and ensure a safe return …

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 …

US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract
3 years, 4 months ago

US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract

India TV News  

The US Government Accountability Office has squashed Jeff Bezos-run Blue Origin's challenge to space agency NASA for picking Elon Musk-owned SpaceX for its prestigious $2.9 billion Moon lander programme. Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics had filed a protest with the US GAO against NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024. …

US watchdog sides with Nasa, rejects Blue Origin's protest over lunar contract
3 years, 4 months ago

US watchdog sides with Nasa, rejects Blue Origin's protest over lunar contract

India Today  

A US government watchdog on Friday sided with Nasa over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics Inc. Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, said on Friday it remained convinced that there were "fundamental issues" with Nasa’s decision, and that GAO was not …

Blue Origin | The race to space
3 years, 4 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 …

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 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 …

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. A brief look at what awaits Bezos and his passengers: BEZOS ON BOARD Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000, a move that he said prompted his high school girlfriend to observe, “Jeff started Amazon just to get enough …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to start flying paying customers in the months ahead. On Sunday, Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder Richard Branson rode his own rocket plane to space, accompanied by five …

Jeff Bezos spaceflight: US approves Blue Origin license ahead of crewed voyage
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos spaceflight: US approves Blue Origin license ahead of crewed voyage

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon and space agency Blue Origin, got one step closer on Monday in catching up to his rival Richard Branson in their spaceflight ambitions. The United States Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. …

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight
3 years, 5 months ago

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight

India Today  

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's maiden crewed voyage on July 20. Blue Origin's flight will come a little over a week after space-tourism …

'Can't wait to join the club': After Branson, Bezos set to blast into space aboard Blue Origin flight on July 20
3 years, 5 months ago

'Can't wait to join the club': After Branson, Bezos set to blast into space aboard Blue Origin flight on July 20

India Today  

"Richard Branson and crew, congratulations on the flight. Can’t wait to join the club," former Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said minutes after Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight returned from the edge of space, ushering a new era of space tourism. Bezos, 57, will blast into space when Blue Origin makes its first flight with a crew, bringing along his younger …

Ticket for Blue Origin's 10 minute space flight auctioned for $28 million
3 years, 6 months ago

Ticket for Blue Origin's 10 minute space flight auctioned for $28 million

Firstpost  

Bidding had reached $4.8 million by Thursday, but shot up spectacularly in the final live auction, rising by million dollar increments. A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire’s company Blue Origin next month. “The name of the auction winner will be released in …

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin opens bidding for first space tourism trip in July
3 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin opens bidding for first space tourism trip in July

ABC  

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket company has kicked off an auction for a seat on the company's first crew space flight, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. Key points: The capsule features six of observation windows, the biggest ever used in space Blue Origin said there would be more …

Space tourism: Bezos’s Blue Origin sets first flight for July
3 years, 7 months ago

Space tourism: Bezos’s Blue Origin sets first flight for July

Al Jazeera  

Aspiring astronauts can bid any amount in an online auction for the final seat on the company’s first crewed spaceflight until May 19. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is set to begin ferrying paying passengers into suborbital space on its New Shepard rocket this summer and is auctioning off the last remaining seat on its inaugural flight. So far, specific details …

Bezos’ Blue Origin gets closer to human space flight with “astronaut rehearsal”
3 years, 8 months ago

Bezos’ Blue Origin gets closer to human space flight with “astronaut rehearsal”

The Hindu  

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, successfully conducted an “astronaut rehearsal” during the company’s 15th New Shepard mission on April 14 from Launch Site One in West Texas. The Washington-based firm mission tested its New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle and operations in preparation for human space flight, it said in a release. “Blue Origin successfully completed its 15th consecutive mission …

Blue Origin launches its New Shepherd rocket to test NASA's lunar landing tech
4 years, 2 months ago

Blue Origin launches its New Shepherd rocket to test NASA's lunar landing tech

Firstpost  

Delayed three weeks by technical issues, this was the 13th New Shepard flight for Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon. “Using New Shepard to simulate landing …

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. The sensors and computer — tested during the booster’s descent and touchdown — will hitch another suborbital ride with Blue …

Blue Origin’s rocket to set reusability record as it tests key NASA technologies
4 years, 2 months ago

Blue Origin’s rocket to set reusability record as it tests key NASA technologies

The Hindu  

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, has announced the launch of its 13th New Shepard mission which will set a reusability record for its New Shepard rocket as it tests key NASA technologies. The latest mission will demonstrate NASA’s Deorbit, Descent, and Landing Sensor including testing the precision landing technologies that have been designed for future missions to the Moon …

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