Blue Origin rocket launches and latest news
Blue Origin is a private spaceflight company based in Kent, Washington that is working to send tourists to space on its reusable suborbital rocket called New Shepard. The company was created in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
In 2015, Blue Origin made history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket for the first time. The company is currently developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon that will make robotic cargo deliveries to the lunar surface, and it is partnering with SpaceX and Dynetics to develop a human-rated moon lander that will carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024 under NASA's Artemis Program.
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Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs
By Josh Dinner Published
When life gives you lemons (exploding rocket), make lemonade (a second launch pad).

Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027
By Mike Wall Published
Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn't been to space since June 2024.

What history can teach us about the future of property rights in space (op-ed)
By Rainer Zitelmann Published
Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial development — and ultimately the settlement — of celestial bodies is missing.

Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says
By Mike Wall Published
Blue Origin has made considerable progress in its New Glenn anomaly investigation, tracing the problem to a faulty valve in one of the rocket's first-stage engines.

CNN dives into how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are backing NASA's race to the moon against China (exclusive clip)
By Jeff Spry Published
"Eclipsing Power" is a new FlashDocs special highlighting how billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shaping the global space race.

Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever
By Josh Dinner Published
NASA's Artemis III mission is shaping up to be NASA's most complex mission in history, coordinating the launch and rendezvous of three different spacecraft.

Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87
By Chelsea Gohd Published
Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87.

'That's going to come back and bite us': Former NASA chief questions Artemis moon lander plans
By Josh Dinner Published
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine questions the designs for NASA's commercial moon landers for its Artemis program.

Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we're headed back to the moon
By Mike Wall Published
Humanity made some halting steps toward flight over the centuries, but our species was still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776.
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