by David Todd | Oct 17, 2016 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services
New launch vehicle firm, Blue Origin has attracted Clayton Mowry to its ranks from his role as President of the US arm of Arianespace, Arianespace Inc. Mowry who has been in post several years, originally took over from Doug Heydon. Mowry will now be succeeded as...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2016 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital, test
At 1536 GMT, on 5 October 2016, the start-up space company Blue Origin completed the fifth consecutive launch of their New Shepard booster, alongside the first successful in-flight test of their crew abort mechanism. The primary aim of this mission was the testing of...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 20, 2016 | Blue Origin, Science, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology, test
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard booster (the same vehicle) for the fourth consecutive time at 1435 GMT on 19 June 2016,. The suborbital booster achieved a peak altitude of 101 km before successfully landing back on the launch-pad some 8 minutes after lift off. ...
