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- Nelson remains hopeful Congress will provide additional lunar lander funding SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he remains confident that Congress will provide NASA with additional funding so it can select a second lunar lander developer but declined to comment on Blue Origin’s proposal to lower...
- Blue Origin has a secret project named “Jarvis” to compete with SpaceX Ars Technica · 27 Jul 2021 “This is the difference between taking a profit and a loss on New Glenn launches."
- Bezos offers billions in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2021 Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says his company will cover more than $2 billion in costs if NASA will award it a second Human Landing System (HLS) contract.
- Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of time to save Blue Origin Ars Technica · 21 Jul 2021 “What we know about Jeff Bezos is that he doesn’t like losing."
- New Shepard astronauts rave about suborbital spaceflight experience as Bezos faces backlash SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2021 Jeff Bezos and the others who were on the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle hailed the experience as better than expected, but Bezos is facing a backlash for spending part of his extreme...
- Blue Origin launches Bezos on first crewed New Shepard flight SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2021 Blue Origin performed its first crewed New Shepard launch July 20, sending company founder Jeff Bezos and three other people on a suborbital flight.
- Blue Origin successfully completes its first human launch [Updated] Ars Technica · 20 Jul 2021 Blue Origin plans to fly two more customer flights in 2021.
- Blue Origin launches first crewed flight with four crew, including founder Jeff Bezos and “Mercury 13” aviatrix Wally Funk NASASpaceflight · 20 Jul 2021 Blue Origin has flown a crew of four onboard a New Shepard rocket on an 11-minute long suborbital spaceflight. It was the first time humans fly onboard the vehicle, making its sixteenth flight since its debut in April 20...
- Bezos flies to space on Blue Origin’s first crew launch Spaceflight Now · 20 Jul 2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother, a pioneering female pilot, and an 18-year-old Dutch student launched to the edge of space Tuesday on a 66-mile-high suborbital flight aboard his company’s New Shepard rocket, the l...
- SpaceX tops off Starship launch tower during Blue Origin crew launch briefing Teslarati · 19 Jul 2021 On Sunday morning, SpaceX began the process of installing the last prefabricated section of Starship’s skyscraper-sized ‘launch tower’ around the same time...
- Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2021 Blue Origin is on track to perform the first crewed launch of its New Shepard vehicle July 20, carrying company founder Jeff Bezos and three others on a suborbital spaceflight.
- Blue Origin gives green light for Tuesday launch of owner Jeff Bezos Spaceflight Now · 18 Jul 2021 While Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates worked through a two-day “astronaut” training course, engineers Sunday tentatively cleared their New Shepard rocket and capsule for blastoff Tuesday on a 10-minute up-and-down fli...
- Blue Origin reveals fourth crew member for Bezos spaceflight Spaceflight Now · 15 Jul 2021 An 18-year-old Dutch student will joint Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark and aviation pioneer Wally Funk next Tuesday when they blast off aboard the Amazon founder’s New Shepard rocket for its first sub-orbital flight to spa...
- Dutch teenager to fly on New Shepard SpaceNews · 15 Jul 2021 An 18-year-old Dutch man will fly on Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight, taking the place of the unidentified winner of an auction last month for the seat.
- With Blue Origin passengers set, suborbital tourism arrives after decades of work NASASpaceflight · 15 Jul 2021 After years of development, suborbital space tourism looks ready to lift off after Virgin Galactic successfully launched its first fully-crewed suborbital mission to space on July 11 following several prior crewed suborb...
- Blue Origin donates New Shepard auction proceeds to space nonprofit groups SpaceNews · 15 Jul 2021 With less than a week before its first crewed suborbital spaceflight, Blue Origin is distributing some of the proceeds from an auction for one of the seats on that flight to a group of space-related non-profit organizati...
- Increasingly, the ULA-Blue Origin marriage is an unhappy one Ars Technica · 7 Jul 2021 "It does no good to throw Blue Origin under the bus."
- Blue Origin to fly Mercury 13 woman on first crewed New Shepard flight SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2021 Blue Origin announced July 1 that it will fly one of the “Mercury 13” women who underwent astronaut training in the early years of the space program on the company’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight.
- Blue Origin auctions New Shepard seat for $28 million SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2021 A seat on the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle sold for $XX million at an auction June 12.
- Bezos to go on first crewed New Shepard flight SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2021 Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and founder of Blue Origin, announced June 7 that he will go on the first crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle next month.
- Bezos to join first crew for New Shepard suborbital spaceflight Spaceflight Now · 7 Jun 2021 Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, will join the winner of an on-line auction for blast off next month on an up-and-down sub-orbital flight to the edge of space aboard a New Shepard rocket and capsule built...
- Bernie Sanders wants to stop NASA funding for Blue Origin Ars Technica · 24 May 2021 The Endless Frontier Act? More like the Endless Amendment Act.
- SpaceX’s NASA Starship contract safe for now as Blue Origin looks to Congress Teslarati · 24 May 2021 Fresh off of a major contract loss during a competition to build NASA’s next crewed Moon lander, Blue Origin has begun aggressively...
- Starfish Space testing software for constellation-managing Otter space tugs SpaceNews · 21 May 2021 Starfish Space, a startup founded by former Blue Origin and NASA engineers, is developing space tugs to help manage rapidly growing megaconstellations.
- Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers Spaceflight Now · 7 May 2021 Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness and...
- Blue Origin to fly first people on New Shepard in July SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 Blue Origin announced May 5 that it will fly people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for the first time July 20, and will auction off one of the seats on that launch.
- Rocket Report: Blue Origin protests Starship, China launches space station Ars Technica · 30 Apr 2021 “The ability to refuel in space is critical to meeting NASA’s goals."
- Dynetics protests NASA HLS award SpaceNews · 27 Apr 2021 Dynetics has joined Blue Origin in filing a protest of NASA’s selection of SpaceX for a single Human Landing System award, a move that could force the agency to suspend work on the program.
- Blue Origin protests NASA Human Landing System award SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2021 Blue Origin filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office April 26 over NASA’s decision to select only SpaceX for its Human Landing System (HLS) program, arguing the agency “moved the goalposts” of the compet...
- After NASA taps SpaceX’s Starship for first Artemis landings, agency looks to on-ramp future vehicles NASASpaceflight · 20 Apr 2021 Following a year of testing and development, NASA recently selected SpaceX’s Starship-based Human Landing System (HLS) to land astronauts on the moon under the Artemis program. SpaceX’s proposal was the highest rated and...
- Amazon’s first Internet satellites will not launch on Blue Origin rockets Ars Technica · 19 Apr 2021 "ULA is a fantastic partner that’s successfully launched dozens of missions."
- NASA chooses SpaceX to land next astronauts on the Moon Spaceflight Now · 17 Apr 2021 NASA has selected SpaceX to build a spacecraft to land the first astronauts on the moon since 1972, choosing Elon Musk’s space company over competing proposals from Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and the aerospace firm Dynetic...
- Blue Origin practices crew operations on suborbital test flight Spaceflight Now · 14 Apr 2021 Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, took another step toward launching people to the edge of space Wednesday with a suborbital test flight of its New Shepard booster and crew capsule over We...
- Blue Origin aces dress rehearsal for New Shepard crewed flights SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2021 Blue Origin completed another test flight of its New Shepard vehicle April 14, putting the company on the verge of finally flying people.
- Blue Origin succeeds in 15th New Shepard flight, critical test before carrying humans NASASpaceflight · 14 Apr 2021 Blue Origin launched the 15th mission of their suborbital New Shepard launch system, including booster and capsule, on a test flight that will prove crucial to the company’s ability to begin carrying people.
- Blue Origin to rehearse for human passengers on suborbital flight Spaceflight Now · 13 Apr 2021 Finally on the cusp of launching people to the edge of space, Blue Origin plans to use a suborbital test flight of its New Shepard booster and crew capsule Wednesday to rehearse boarding and recovery procedures for futur...
- DARPA selects Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin to develop spacecraft for nuclear propulsion demo SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2021 DARPA selected Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin to develop competing spacecraft concepts for a demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion.
- Blue Origin to perform dress rehearsal for crewed New Shepard flights SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2021 A test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle, scheduled for as soon as April 14, will be a dress rehearsal for long-awaited crewed flights.
- Blue Origin Continues to Make Launch Complex Progress for the Eventual Debut of New Glenn NASASpaceflight · 2 Apr 2021 The debut of Blue Origin’s orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, has been delayed until no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2022. In advance of pathfinder operations later this year, the company has continued to make prog...
- Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity on suborbital flights for NASA SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2021 NASA has signed an agreement with Blue Origin to use that company’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle for flights that will simulate the reduced gravity on the surface of the moon.