Tag: space flight
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Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads
(Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder’s space venture announced Wednesday that the 17th flight of the reusable rocket ship will carry scientific and research payloads. Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. PT on Aug.…
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Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin promise details coming next week for how to buy first seat on spaceflight
A new message on the homepage of Blue Origin’s website. (BlueOrigin.com screenshot) Step aside, Mannequin Skywalker. Blue Origin is getting ready for real humans to man its New Shepard spaceship and replace the high-tech dummy that has flown on previous test flights. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos again said, “It’s…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin starts spaceflight signups for its New Shepard capsule
Why stop with asking for an invitation for an Amazon Echo, or a reservation for the new Tesla Powerwall, when you can get in line for space? Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has launched a new webpage letting anyone, as Bezos writes, get “early notification when we’re ready to accept…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about his space venture Blue Origin at the grand opening of the Bezos Center of Innovation at The Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13 years on development and testing of…