WATCH | Blue Origin rocket fails minutes after launch, escapes near death

Just over a minute into flight Blue Origin’s NS23 mission has hit a snag. The snag triggered an abort system, which jettisoned the crew capsule away from the rocket, which then safely parachuted down on Earth. Blue Origin blamed the close shave on a booster failure on the uncrewed flight and added “Escape system…

Blue Origin to launch next space flight on Aug 31, no tourists this time

Weeks after launching six people on a brief tourism flight to space, Blue Origin is ready for its next launch on August 31. However, there will be no humans onboard this time. The Jeff Bezos-led company will launch 36 scientific payloads into Low Earth Orbit that will study not just the things happening in space but…

Explained: What is Orbital Reef, the new Space Station proposed by Bezos’ Blue Origin

Fighting a highly competitive battle with SpaceX, Jeff Bezos led Blue Origin has plans to outpace Elon Musk with the development of a Space Station in low Earth orbit. Dubbed Orbital Reef, the company aims to use the outpost in microgravity to develop “an ecosystem and business model for the future.” The…

Jeff Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion Discount For Blue Origin Moon Lander

Washington:  Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander. The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth $2.9 billion, was awarded to rival SpaceX in April, but Blue Origin and a third company Dynetics filed protests…