What a Trip to Space Aboard a Blue Origin Capsule Will Look Like
If you’ve got the money burning a hole in your pocket, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin will help you spend it. Today, Bezos revealed a set of illustrations showing off…
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Blue Origin is Living Their Motto
Gradatim Ferociter, Latin for ‘step by step, ferociously.’ It’s the motto for Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin. Hell, the man even has them on a pair of cowboy boots.…
Watch Blue Origin Destroy A Rocket On Purpose (UPDATE: Perfect Test!)
UPDATE: Blue Origin nailed the test. The crew capsule successfully separated from the booster and landed softly on the dry ground in West Texas. And how about the New Shepard booster?! Enjoy that…
Blue Origin’s Next Step Is On Tuesday With In-Flight Escape Test (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Test is now scheduled for Wednesday starting at 10:45 am ET. Original story follows. Blue Origin’s motto is Gradatim Ferociter. It’s Latin for “step by step, ferociously.” That next…
Blue Origin Isn’t Playing Around With Their New Glenn Rocket
Company founder and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos teased grander plans for Blue Origin’s earlier this year. This morning, he gave us a peek at those plans. In an email update,…
Blue Origin Nails Another Launch and Tests a Capsule Landing Too
That other space company was busy this Father’s Day. Jeff Bezos’ (you know him as the CEO of Amazon) space company Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket at 10:36…
How Blue Origin Relaunched Their Rocket
Much has been made of reusable rockets. The main perk? They can reduce the cost of getting to space dramatically. At last month’s American Geophysical Union Meeting, Elon Musk talked…
Blue Origin Takes Giant Step in Commercial Spaceflight
“Rockets have always been expendable. Not anymore. Now safely tucked away at our launch site in West Texas is the rarest of beasts, a used rocket.” – Jeff Bezos. Bezos…