01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
..., milestone-based contracts and were given to Elon Musk's SpaceX, Dynetics (a Leidos company) and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Blue Origin won 60 percent of the total funding amounting to $579 million, Dynetics: $253 million and SpaceX: $135 million...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
... New Shepard for human spaceflight we are continuing to mature the safety and reliability of the vehicle,” Blue Origin said in a news release. Blue Origin has so far reused two boosters five times each consecutively, so the launch marks a record...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
... week. The BE-4 was unveiled by Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, earlier this year and at present his aerospace company is largely... test has been seen by many in the industry that Blue Origin is one step closer to making space tourism a reality ...
02 May 2019
Blue Origin's 11th test flight ends in success
... hitchhikers on this launch, but the first crewed flights of the vehicle could come as early as this year, Blue Origin representatives have said. However, this mission, named NS-11, is all about science and it has delivered 38 payloads above...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
... Americans to the surface of the Moon. The letter, also published this week on the Blue Origin website reads: Dear Administrator Nelson: Blue Origin is committed to building a future where millions of people live and work in space to benefit the...
07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... to the lunar surface – following protests submitted by Blue Origin and Dynetics, SpaceX’s other competitor. “The Human Landing..., not the delay of starting over,” Blue Origin said in a recent Tweet. Blue Origin also lost out to SpaceX and the ...
