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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.
New Glenn is a Heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth. [8] New Glenn is a two-stage rocket with a diameter of 7 m (23 ft). Its first stage is powered by seven BE-4 engines that are also designed and manufactured by Blue Origin.
(Reuters) -Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew - including the first U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s - from West Texas to the edge of space on Sunday ...
New Shepard is a fully reusable 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. Additionally, it is also capable of carrying humans ...
Blue Origin’s tourism rocket has launched passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years, ending a hiatus prompted by a failed uncrewed test flight.
William Shatner became the oldest person ever to reach the edge of space on Wednesday, when the 90-year-old “Star Trek” star blasted off on Blue Origin’s second human flight.
Blue Origin NS-16 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew on 20 July 2021. [1] The mission was the sixteenth flight of the company's New Shepard integrated launch vehicle and spacecraft, and its first crewed flight. It carried into space American billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark ...
Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin company is exploring space to protect Earth and keep ‘the natural world’ from backsliding Alan Murray, Nicholas Gordon March 1, 2024 at 12:24 AM