Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, looks at some of the postcards submitted for space travel as part of his nonprofit Club for the Future campaign. (Jeff Bezos via Twitter / 2019) There are only a limited number of postcards you can send to space and back, even if you have $ 28 … Read more
How serious could the suborbital space race between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos get? (GeekWire photos) Jeff Bezos has a longstanding rivalry with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, but now his space company Blue Origin is stepping up the stakes with future space traveler Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – and the Twitterverse isn’t amusing. Today’s escalation from … Read more
RR Auction’s Steve Little yells “Sold!” and completes the tender for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spacecraft for $ 28 million. (Blue Origin via YouTube) A vacant seat on the very first crew to fly Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard was auctioned today for $ 28 million, millions more than the International Space Station’s … Read more
Blue Origin has its winner for its first manned spaceflight, and the winner will pay $ 28 million for the privilege of flying aboard the company’s first private astronaut mission. The winning bid came today during a live auction in which 7,600 registered bidders from 159 countries competed for place. This was the culmination of … Read more
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. (Blue Origin Photoillustration) You had to know that the first vacant space on a spacecraft built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company, founder of Amazon, would be sold online – but a charity … Read more
Over a week ago, NASA placed a $ 2.9 billion contract with Elon Musks SpaceX to build a lunar lander for the upcoming Artemis Moon project. When choosing SpaceX, NASA handed over the defense company Dynetics and Blue Origin. The latter is now challenging the decision. In a protest filed with the Federal Government Accountability … Read more
New Shepard’s booster descends to Blue Origin’s landing pad. (Blue origin via YouTube) The Blue Origin space project by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flew a mannequin into space today during the 15th test flight for its reusable suborbital spaceship New Shepard – but for the first time living, breathing people practiced every step before takeoff … Read more
A drone’s view shows the Blue Origin spaceship New Shepard taking off for a test flight. (Blue original photo) With support from NASA, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space project will upgrade its suborbital spacecraft New Shepard to provide the moon’s gravity for future experiments. “Mankind has dreamed of artificial gravity since the earliest … Read more
It’s a scene that awe many. Shards of ice that are a blue hue tear from the frozen water on Michigan’s Mackinac Strait. This natural phenomenon attracts locals, tourists, and photographers hoping to capture the perfect moment when the sun hits the frozen water just right and the brilliant blue ice shines alive. SteveBaker, 69, … Read more