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11:50pm, 2nd August, 2019

Jeff Bezos touts a full-power firing of Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off a picture of his Blue Origin space venture’s BE-4 rocket engine going full blast during a hot-fire test in Texas. “BE-4 continues to rack up time on the test stand,” Bezos said in an accompanied by a pictu...

Report: Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine will win United Launch Alliance’s multibillion-dollar backing

12:30pm, 27th September, 2018

Space

Report: Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine will win United Launch Alliance’s multibillion-dollar backing

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine went on display at a Colorado space conference in April. (Blue Origin Photo) After and months of uncertainty, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ has won a high-stakes race to provide United Launch Alliance with its BE-4 r...

5:10pm, 11th September, 2018

Space

Blue Origin’s schedule for putting people on space trips reportedly slips to 2019

News Brief: Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith today signaled that the Kent, Wash.-based space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is aiming to start flying people on suborbital space trips rather than later this year as previously envisioned. Th...

Blue Origin’s lunar lander program wins a share of NASA’s ‘tipping-point’ tech awards

2:41pm, 8th August, 2018

Space

Blue Origin’s lunar lander program wins a share of NASA’s ‘tipping-point’ tech awards

An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA is awarding $44 million to six commercial partners to support that range from lunar landing capabilities to in-space refueling and space...

11:40am, 18th July, 2018

Space

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship blasts off for a high-altitude escape system test. (Blue Origin via YouTube) As Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos watched, his Blue Origin space venture sent its reusable New Shepard spaceship to its highest-ever altit...

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Jeff Bezos touts a full-power firing of Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine

Report: Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine will win United Launch Alliance’s multibillion-dollar backing

Blue Origin’s schedule for putting people on space trips reportedly slips to 2019

Blue Origin’s lunar lander program wins a share of NASA’s ‘tipping-point’ tech awards

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

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