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Video: Blue Origin flies New Shepard rocket for eighth time
Blue Origin's New Shepard booster, topped with a capsule carrying a dummy dubbed Mannequin Skywalker, took off Sunday from the company's sprawling test site in West Texas on a 10-minute trip to the edge of space and back.
Suborbital test flight moves Blue Origin closer to launching people
The privately-developed New Shepard booster, designed and built by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin, took off from a launch pad in West Texas, briefly flew into space with an instrumented capsule, and returned to a rocket-assisted landing Sunday in another test before humans climb aboard the suborbital spaceship.
VideoBlue Origin preps for suborbital test flight Sunday
Blue Origin plans its next suborbital test launch Sunday from the company's sprawling development complex in West Texas, the company's owner Jeff Bezos announced Friday.
Blue Origin’s orbital rocket in the running to receive U.S. military investment
Blue Origin submitted a proposal late last year in what's expected to be a four-way competition for U.S. Air Force funding to support development of new orbital-class rockets, a further step taken by the Jeff Bezos-owned company to break into the military launch market, industry officials said.
White House emphasizes industry over science in Space Council appointments
A roster of representatives from the commercial space industry, astronauts, retired military officers and politicians will advise the National Space Council as the top-level government panel seeks to reshape U.S. space policy, regulations and exploration strategies.
Photos: Upgraded New Shepard booster flies from West Texas
Blue Origin's third New Shepard suborbital booster lifted off on its first brief up-and-down test flight Tuesday, soaring to an altitude of 322,000 feet over West Texas to prove out the rocket and its automated crew capsule, which flew with a dummy dubbed "Mannequin Skywalker" to simulate the conditions passengers riding the rocket will one day experience.
Blue Origin could fly new suborbital vehicle this week
An airspace restriction over West Texas posted on the Federal Aviation Administration's website and filed by Blue Origin suggests the company founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos could launch its upgraded reusable New Shepard suborbital booster for the first time this week.
World’s largest methane-fueled rocket engine test-fired by Blue Origin
Blue Origin has conducted the first hotfire test of its BE-4 rocket engine in West Texas, a powerplant fueled by liquified natural gas and liquid oxygen that will power the company's heavy-lift New Glenn rocket and perhaps United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan launcher, officials announced Thursday.
Blue Origin encounters setback in BE-4 engine testing
Blue Origin said Sunday that it lost a set of powerpack hardware for its BE-4 engine during a ground test mishap, dealing at least a minor setback to the development of a powerful U.S.-made propulsion system that United Launch Alliance says is the leading candidate to power the first stage of its next-generation Vulcan rocket.
ULA chief says Blue Origin in driver’s seat for Vulcan engine deal
A full-scale BE-4 engine developed by Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, is installed on a test stand in West Texas for a series of hotfire tests that United Launch Alliance will closely examine before settling on the reusable methane-fueled engine for its new-generation Vulcan rocket.