10 November 2021
NASA moves human lunar landing mission to 2025
... $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX to start development. The award was quickly contested by rival bidders of the contract, Blue Origin, first to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and then to Court of Federal Claims. It lost both times, but...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... a new martian rover, sampling asteroid material and moon dust, the first crewed suborbital flights for Blue Origin and the first all-civilian crew to fly with SpaceX, the construction of a new Chinese space station...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... into sub-orbital flight in 2021, just nine days ahead of his billionaire rival, the Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. Virgin Orbit spun out on its own from Galactic in 2017 and, in late 2021...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
...2028. NASA also shared that it has asked both Artemis human landing system providers - SpaceX and Blue Origin - to begin applying knowledge gained in developing their systems as part of their existing contracts toward future variations to potentially...
04 November 2025
IAC 2025 heralds new era in space sustainability
... IAC 2025 celebrated outstanding achievements with the prestigious IAF World Space Award, bestowed to Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin and the Chang’e 6 Mission (team category). The IAF Excellence in International Cooperation Award was presented to Pascale...
29 June 2018
mu Space issues proposal request to build a satellite covering Asia-Pacific
... launch its own satellite in the early 2020s aboard New Glenn, a space vehicle of US-based aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin. “We’re searching a technology partner who is flexible and adaptable with our design ideas and long term business...
