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Jeff Bezos gave a tour of Blue Origin's factory, showcasing the space company's New Glenn rocket. New Glenn, standing over 320 feet tall, is one of the largest rockets ever built.
Blue Origin NS-26 →. Blue Origin NS-25 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which was launched on 19 May 2024 using the New Shepard rocket. [1][2] NS-25 was the first crewed New Shepard flight since NS-22 in August 2022. The New Shepard fleet was grounded following a September 2022 engine failure on an uncrewed mission.
Website. blueorigin.com. Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., [ 2 ] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[ 3 ] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, [ 4 ][ 5 ] and space technologies [ 6 ] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
In March 2017, Jeff Bezos showed graphics of the New Glenn which had two large strakes at the bottom of the booster. [32] In the September 2017 announcement, Blue Origin announced a much larger payload fairing for New Glenn, this one 7 m (23 ft) in diameter, up from 5.4 m (18 ft) in the originally announced design. [26]
Jeff Bezos wants his space cargo and tourism venture Blue Origin to move faster—much faster—as Elon Musk’s SpaceX notches one win after another. The space rivalry between the two ...
Jeff Bezos' space rocket company, Blue Origin, has long lagged behind Elon Musk's SpaceX. Its CEO, David Limp, thinks adopting some of Amazon's customer-centric culture will help. He is also ...
New Shepard is a fully reusable (Even though it does come back with minimal damage) sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the first American to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The vehicle is capable of vertical takeoff and landings.
VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) — Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, and three crewmates launched into space on Tuesday morning aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft for a suborbital flight ...