by Mark Williamson | Jul 28, 2021 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, Finance, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
Blue Origin CEO and recent addition to the ranks of ‘astronaut’, Jeff Bezos, has offered to restore competition to NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) programme in an open letter to the NASA Administrator. In return for an HLS contract, Bezos has offered to cover the...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 22, 2021 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, History, Launches, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism, Suborbital
As planned, Blue Origin’s New Shepard made its first crewed launch on 20 July, the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11’s lunar landing. According to the company, Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen “officially became astronauts when they passed the Kármán...
by Mark Williamson | Jun 14, 2021 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism, Suborbital
The final bids are in and Blue Origin has raised US$28 million for a seat on the first crewed flight of its New Shepard vehicle. The name of the winner has yet to be released, but he or she will join Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and his younger brother, Mark, on the...
by Mark Williamson | Jun 8, 2021 | Blue Origin, Space tourism, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is to fly on the first crewed mission of the New Shepard, which is scheduled to make its historic suborbital journey on 20 July. He will be joined by his younger brother, Mark, and the winner of an online auction for a third seat on the...
by Mark Williamson | May 6, 2021 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism, Suborbital
Budding space tourism company Blue Origin has announced that, following a long development programme, it will conduct its first crewed New Shepard flight on 20 July. The announcement, on 5 May 2021, was timed to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch – on 5 May...
by David Todd | Apr 15, 2021 | Blue Origin, Launches, Suborbital
At 1556 GMT on 14 April, Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle and Mk 3 version of the capsule made another successful uncrewed launch beyond the Karman Line official limit of space (100km). The actual altitude reached a peak at 106 km over the Van...
