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New Glenn

Illustration: ESCAPADE probes orbiting Mars
Video

Blue Origin wins an order from NASA for launch of Mars magnetosphere mission

by Alan Boyle on February 9, 2023February 10, 2023 at 12:17 pm

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won its first NASA order for a New Glenn rocket launch, with Mars as the mission’s ultimate destination. The task order calls on… Read More

BE-4 engines

Blue Origin completes delivery of BE-4 rocket engines for first ULA Vulcan launch

by Alan Boyle on October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 at 6:04 pm

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has completed delivery of the two BE-4 rocket engines that will be used next year for the first launch of… Read More

Atlas V, New Glenn and Ariane 6 rockets
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Amazon reserves up to 83 rocket launches for Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation

by Alan Boyle on April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 at 4:34 pm

Amazon has secured as many as 83 launches on three types of heavy-lift rockets to put more than 1,500 satellites into low Earth orbit for its Project Kuiper broadband internet… Read More

New Glenn fairing

Blue Origin successfully tests huge nose cone for New Glenn rocket at NASA Glenn

by Alan Boyle on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 at 10:53 am

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but tests that were recently conducted at NASA’s Glenn Research… Read More

New Glenn first-stage simulator
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Blue Origin practices with a dummy version of its New Glenn orbital rocket in Florida

by Alan Boyle on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 at 5:43 pm

It’ll be at least another year before Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket gets its first launch, but Jeff Bezos’ space venture has brought out a dummy version of New… Read More

Illustration: New Glenn rocket

Space Force awards $87.5M to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and ULA for testing

by Alan Boyle on September 24, 2021September 25, 2021 at 1:34 am

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command today announced awards totaling $87.5 million to support prototype commercial projects relating to next-generation rocket testing and enhancements to make upper stages more… Read More

New Glenn
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After losing launch competition, Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket’s first flight until late 2022

by Alan Boyle on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 at 11:38 am

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket — which marks a… Read More

BE-4 engine test

Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas

by Alan Boyle on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 at 1:54 pm

If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. At least that’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Jacklyn Bezos at ship christening

Ahoy, Jacklyn! Jeff Bezos names Blue Origin’s rocket recovery ship after his mom

by Alan Boyle on December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 at 9:07 pm

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk named his rocket recovery vessels after science-fiction spaceships, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stayed closer to home for the christening of the ship that his Blue… Read More

New Glenn
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NASA adds Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn rocket to its launch services catalog

by Alan Boyle on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 at 4:07 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture hasn’t yet finished its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but today NASA put it on the “on-ramp” for future missions. The NASA Launch… Read More

Blue Origin mission control room
News Brief

Blue Origin provides a sneak peek at its shiny new mission control room in Florida

by Alan Boyle on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 at 7:40 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture hasn’t yet completed its first New Glenn rocket, but it has completed a glittering control room in Florida for New Glenn’s missions… Read More

New Glenn fairing
News Brief

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture drops fresh hints about how its ‘busy year’ is shaping up

by Alan Boyle on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 at 6:27 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has lifted the curtain just a bit more on plans for its New Shepard suborbital spaceship and its orbital-class New Glenn rocket.… Read More

Lego Blue Moon lander

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lander proposed … as Lego toys

by Alan Boyle on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 at 5:09 pm

Which will go into commercial service first: Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lunar lander, or the Lego toy versions? The answer will depend not only on… Read More

New Glenn

Blue Origin protests launch contract rules as it competes with SpaceX, ULA, Northrop Grumman

by Alan Boyle on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 at 9:56 pm

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is protesting the rules of the game for awarding future national security launch contracts, while continuing to play against SpaceX, United Launch… Read More

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Blue Origin, Boeing and other ventures lay out ideas for commercial space stations

by Alan Boyle on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 at 1:34 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has laid out a plan for building a commercial habitat for future space travelers and sending it into Earth orbit atop its… Read More

BE-4 rocket engine test firing
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Blue Origin, ULA and Northrop Grumman weigh in on multibillion-dollar SpaceX rocket lawsuit

by Alan Boyle on May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 at 1:34 pm

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and subsidiaries of United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are intervening in a SpaceX lawsuit protesting $2.3 billion in rocket development awards… Read More

Blue Origin groundbreaking ceremony
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture breaks ground on Alabama engine factory

by Alan Boyle on January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 at 3:20 pm

Civic leaders and space executives tossed shovels of dirt today to celebrate the groundbreaking for a $200 million rocket engine factory to be built in Alabama by Blue Origin, the… Read More

Bue Origin CEO Bob Smith
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Blue Origin resets schedule: First crew to space in 2019, first orbital launch in 2021

by Alan Boyle on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 at 6:10 pm

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is now planning to send its first crew on a suborbital space trip during the first half… Read More

New Glenn booster
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes a deal to build rocket servicing center in Florida

by Alan Boyle on October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 at 4:08 pm

Blue Origin, the space venture created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has struck a deal with Florida’s spaceport authority to build a $60 million rocket testing and refurbishment facility near… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 engine
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Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine wins United Launch Alliance’s key multibillion-dollar backing

by Alan Boyle on September 27, 2018October 6, 2018 at 11:04 pm

After years of development and months of suspense, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a high-stakes race to provide United Launch Alliance with its BE-4 rocket… Read More

BE-3U rocket engine

Blue Origin shows off BE-3U upper-stage rocket engine as its many efforts ramp up

by Alan Boyle on August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 at 4:14 pm

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is sharing a short video clip featuring the lesser-known rocket engine for its orbital-class New Glenn rocket. The spotlight… Read More

Bezos and Boyle
Podcast

Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to leave this planet … and it’s going to make this planet better’

by Alan Boyle on May 29, 2018January 15, 2021 at 10:00 am

LOS ANGELES – Deep thinkers have been saying for generations that we have to get off this rock and head for the stars, but the idea takes on a little more weight… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 engine
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Blue Origin CEO says next-gen BE-4 rocket engine meets technical requirements

by Alan Boyle on April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 at 1:00 am

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For years, there’s been a big question surrounding the next-generation BE-4 rocket engine that’s being built by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture: Will it… Read More

Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos and National Reconnaissance Office talk about space and innovation

by Alan Boyle on March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 at 1:08 pm

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos paid a visit to the National Reconnaissance Office this week — which fits right in with his plan to participate in national security space missions through his… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 firing

Jeff Bezos shares all 114 seconds of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine test firing

by Alan Boyle on March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 at 6:19 pm

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine is an essential part of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision of getting millions of people living and working in space, so he’s anxious to show… Read More

Blue Origin and Sky Perfect JSAT
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin strikes satellite launch deal with Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT

by Alan Boyle on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 at 2:19 pm

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it has signed up Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT for a satellite launch to geostationary orbit in the 2020s.… Read More

Propellant tanks

Every day is moving day for Blue Origin’s new rocket facilities in Florida

by Alan Boyle on December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 at 6:13 pm

Blue Origin hasn’t put up the “Grand Opening” sign yet, but there’s clearly business going on at the Florida rocket facilities built by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture. The… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 test firing
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Blue Origin space venture fires up BE-4 rocket engine, marking a win for Jeff Bezos

by Alan Boyle on October 19, 2017October 30, 2017 at 11:19 pm

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has successfully test-fired its BE-4 rocket engine, marking a key step in the development of its own New Glenn rocket… Read More

Video

Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space

by Alan Boyle on September 25, 2017October 2, 2017 at 12:18 am

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced yet another agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite with its next-generation New Glenn rocket in the 2020s. The… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 engines
Video

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin picks Huntsville, Alabama, as ‘rocket city’ for BE-4 engine

by Alan Boyle on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 at 2:30 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, plans to invest $200 million to build its BE-4 rocket engine in a new facility in Huntsville, Ala., which has been known… Read More

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