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Blue Origin

Blue Origin, LLC is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is led by CEO Bob Smith and is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin is employing an incremental approach from suborbital to orbital flight, with each developmental step building on its prior work. The company motto is Gradatim Ferociter, Latin for "Step by Step, Ferociously".

First Egyptian and Portuguese Astronauts to join Dude Perfect Cofounder on New Shepard’s 22nd Flight

“Blue Origin today announced its sixth human flight, NS-22, will lift off from Launch Site One on Thursday, August 4. The launch window opens at 8:30 AM CDT / 13:30 UTC. The webcast will start at T-30 minutes …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches 6 people to space in fourth crewed flight

“A New Shepard vehicle lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas on Thursday (March 31) at 9:58 a.m. EDT (1358 GMT), carrying a crew of six people to suborbital space. Just about 10 …

New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with Commercial and NASA-Supported Payloads on Board

“Blue Origin successfully completed the 17th New Shepard mission to space and back for the program, and the 8th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle. Today’s flight featured payloads on board supported by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program and …

Blue Origin safely launches four commercial astronauts to space and back

“Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who all officially became astronauts when they passed the Kármán Line, the …

Blue Origin aces ‘astronaut rehearsal’ New Shepard test flight

“The company launched the 15th uncrewed test flight of its reusable suborbital vehicle New Shepard today (April 14), blasting off from a West Texas launchpad at 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 GMT; 11:50 a.m. local time). Originally …

Mission NS-14 Successfully Demonstrates Crew Capsule Upgrades

“Mission NS-14 featured a crew capsule outfitted with astronaut experience upgrades for upcoming flights with passengers onboard. Capsule upgrades included: - Speakers in the cabin with a microphone and a push-to-talk button at each seat so astronauts can continuously talk …

New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with NASA Precision Lunar Landing Technology Onboard

“Blue Origin successfully completed the 13th New Shepard mission to space and back, and the 7th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle, a record. Catch the mission webcast replay on Blue Origin’s YouTube page. There were 12 payloads onboard …

New Shepard Mission NS-12 Updates

“New Shepard had a wholly successful mission on December 11, 2019. This mission was another step towards verifying New Shepard for human spaceflight as we continue to mature the safety and reliability of the vehicle. This was the 6th flight …

Blue Origin Unveils ‘Blue Moon,’ Its Big Lunar Lander

“Blue Origin is shooting for the moon! The private spaceflight company revealed the first life-size mockup of its new lunar lander, named “Blue Moon,” here at the Washington Convention Center today (May 9). “This is an incredible vehicle, and it …

Payload manifest on mission 9

“An awesome feature of New Shepard is its modular interior design. While in the future it will feature six seats to fly people, we’re already flying science and education experiments for microgravity research. On Mission 9, we welcome our …

Blue Origin Launches New Shepard Space Capsule on Highest Test Flight Yet

“Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its passenger spaceship New Shepard on a test flight Sunday (April 29), carrying a dummy astronaut and experiments on their highest spaceflight yet. The New Shepard 2.0 …