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NASA announces funding for moon and Mars mission tech
NASA announced agreements worth a combined $43.2 million with 14 commercial partners Friday -- including Blue Origin and SpaceX -- to fund experiments in propellant and power generation, in-space refueling, efficient propulsion systems, and lunar rover technology.
Jeff Bezos unveils ‘Blue Moon’ lander
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, discussed his vision for spaceflight and lunar exploration Thursday in Washington, revealing new details about a privately-developed lunar lander he said will help NASA achieve the Trump administration's goal of returning astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024.
Blue Origin ‘one step closer’ to human flights after successful suborbital launch
Taking another step toward flying space tourists to the edge of space, Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin again flew its New Shepard suborbital booster Thursday with a package of microgravity research experiments.
Blue Origin readies reusable suborbital launcher for another flight
Blue Origin teams in West Texas are preparing for another launch of the company's reusable New Shepard suborbital rocket Thursday to loft dozens of microgravity research payloads to the edge of space.
Telesat taps Blue Origin to launch broadband satellite fleet
Telesat has selected Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to "play a key role" in delivering potentially hundreds of broadband communications satellites into low Earth orbit under a multi-launch agreement announced last week, as Telesat officials prepare to select between two industrial teams to begin building spacecraft for the Internet network later this year.
New Shepard launches NASA experiments to space, aims for human flights this year
Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched a package of NASA experiments to the edge of space Wednesday from West Texas with a suborbital New Shepard booster, then successfully recovered the reusable rocket and space capsule a few minutes later.
Blue Origin plans New Shepard launch Wednesday
Blue Origin plans to launch its single stage New Shepard suborbital booster Wednesday as the commercial space company moves closer to flying people to the edge of space.
Blue Origin scrubs suborbital launch attempt, delays flight to early 2019
Blue Origin scrubbed the planned launch Tuesday of the company's suborbital New Shepard booster from West Texas due to a "ground infrastructure issue," and later said the flight would be pushed back to early 2019.
ULA, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman share Air Force rocket funding
The U.S. Air Force has committed $109 million in funding to advance development of new rockets designed by United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman, leaving out SpaceX in a government investment round that will lead to the military's selection of two long-term launch providers in late 2019 or 2020.
VideoBlue Origin performs high-altitude test of crew escape motor
Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard booster launched Wednesday on an uncrewed test flight, sending a capsule on a brief jaunt into space over West Texas to demonstrate a key safety feature for space tourists and scientists riding on the company's future rockets.