GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2024

LinkedIn Photo) Tim Collins , most recently an executive vice president at Flexport and a former top Amazon leader, announced Saturday that he’s joining Blue Origin as vice president of supply chain. Blue Origin, the Seattle-area space company founded by Jeff Bezos, last year hired former Amazon exec Dave Limp as its CEO.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Blue Origin’s next CEO, Dave Limp, speaks at 2019’s GeekWire Summit. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Blue Origin has confirmed that Dave Limp, who is leaving his post as Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services , will take over as the CEO of Jeff Bezos’ privately held space venture.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The marquee of Blue Origin’s HQ in Kent, Wash., based Blue Origin are reporting that they’ve been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the rapid growth of Jeff Bezos’ space venture. We’ve reached out to Blue Origin and will be updating this story with anything further that we can pass along.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Blue Origin says coin-sized solar cells like this one could be made from lunar material. Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture isn’t just working on rockets and space stations: The Kent, Wash.-based For Blue Origin’s earthly experiments, simulated moon dirt is used.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2023

One of the modules for the New Glenn rocket sits outside Blue Origin’s Florida factory. Blue Origin Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies that could become part of future missions to the moon and Mars.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2023

An artist’s conception shows the integrated design for the Blue Moon lander. Blue Origin Illustration) An industry team led by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a $3.4 Blue Origin’s Blue Moon system would be used for Artemis 5, currently set for 2029.

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GeekWire

MARCH 24, 2023

The booster for Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship flares during last year’s ascent. Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says a launch anomaly that forced the suspension of its suborbital spaceflights last September was caused by a structural failure of the rocket engine’s nozzle.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Rocket Lab / UC-Berkeley Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won its first NASA order for a New Glenn rocket launch, with Mars as the mission’s ultimate destination. The value of Blue Origin’s launch contract was not disclosed. Blue Origin is among 13 providers on the list.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Blue Origin’s New Glenn first-stage simulator makes an appearance. Blue Origin Photo). The 188-foot-long, 23-foot-wide simulator emerged from Blue Origin’s rocket factory in Florida last week. At the time those deals were struck, the company was planning to start launching New Glenn in 2020.

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GeekWire

JULY 5, 2021

Jeff Bezos unveils a mockup of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander in 2019. Jeff Bezos may be easing back from his CEO role at Amazon , but now he’s due to feel the heat at Blue Origin , the privately held space venture he created in the year 2000. GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The TMZ celebrity website says Star Trek captain William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s next crewed suborbital space trip. Left Photo: Paramount; Right Photo: Blue Origin). Kirk in the original “Star Trek” series and in a series of movies. .” Shatner played Captain James T.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Blue Origin Illustration). Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it’s leading has completed its first “gated milestone” in a NASA-funded effort to develop a lunar lander for crewed missions. — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) September 8, 2020.

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GeekWire

JULY 25, 2023

The Blue Alchemist project aims to produce solar cells from lunar materials. Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 based Blue Origin has been working on the technology over the past couple of years, with Earth-produced simulants taking the place of lunar regolith.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Blue Origin says it’s hiring in Phoenix and Denver — two Western cities that represent relatively new frontiers for Jeff Bezos’ space venture.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Blue Origin Illustration). Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket — which marks a major schedule shift. ” Blue Origin noted that the updated timeline follows the U.S.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship fires up its engine. Blue Origin via YouTube). Kirk, briefly crossed into outer space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. … To see the blue cover go whoop by, and now you’re staring into blackness.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 Court of Federal Claims rejected Blue Origin’s arguments. In a separate statement, Blue Origin said its lawsuit raised “important safety issues with the Human Landing System procurement process that must still be addressed.”

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TechSpot

JUNE 5, 2022

The Saturday morning launch and recovery took place at Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility, located on Bezos' Corn Ranch near Van Horn, TX. The launch marked Blue Origin's 5th crewed flight and 21st overall successful launch of the New Shepard launch platform.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has called off plans to put “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson on the next flight of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship. “Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission,” Blue Origin said today in a tweet.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2021

Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. Blue Origin Photoillustration). Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is planning to live-stream the first test flight of its first passenger-friendly space capsule on Thursday.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Lauren Sanchez, in the white dress, is flanked by Blue Origin personnel as she tours the West Texas landing pad after her boyfriend Jeff Bezos’ flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship in July 2021. New Shepard launches have been suspended until the post-mission investigation is complete.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 18, 2021

(Blue Origin Photo). Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. According to Blue Origin, information from the first flight informed improvements to technology that determines a spacecraft’s location and speed as it approaches the surface of the moon. 25 from its West Texas facility. government.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Spacefliers-to-be Laura Shepard Churchley, Lane Bess and Cameron Bess listen in on a training session at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One. Blue Origin Photo). Churchley and Strahan are flying as Blue Origin’s guests, while the others are paying an undisclosed fare. CT (6:45 a.m. PT) on Saturday.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Star Trek actor William Shatner shares a laugh with fellow future spacefliers Glen de Vries and Chris Boshuizen at Blue Origin’s Astronaut Village. Blue Origin Photo). Shatner is already at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One after flying in from the New York Comic Con. CT (6:30 a.m.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar lander project will be getting fresh infusions of financial support from NASA, thanks to a follow-up program aimed at boosting capabilities for putting astronauts on the moon. million for Blue Origin, $35.2

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin’s federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX lay out further details about the dispute over a multibillion-dollar NASA lunar lander contract, but the details that are left out are arguably just as intriguing. Today the U.S. billion for its landing system.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas and everything appeared to be going smoothly at first. The launch window for New Shepard's 23rd mission opened at 8:30 a.m. central time. Liftoff occurred at 10:26 a.m. The booster failure occurred a little over a minute into the flight as.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on the rise. Blue Origin Illustration). million to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture for cryogenic fluid management on the New Glenn rocket’s second stage. The awards include: $24.35

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Photos via Blue Origin). Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is planning to fly six suborbital space travelers next month, which would mark a first for the company’s New Shepard spaceship. “I’m really excited to be going on a Blue Origin flight.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Blue Origin VP Audrey Powers gives William Shatner a tour of the New Shepard launch tower. Blue Origin Photo). It’s official: Star Trek actor William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship next week, becoming the oldest person to go into space at the age of 90.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster makes its landing in December 2019. Blue Origin Photo). “Safety is our highest priority,” Blue Origin said in an emailed statement. “Safety is our highest priority,” Blue Origin said in an emailed statement. PT) Thursday.

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GeekWire

JULY 18, 2021

Suborbital space crewmates Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos face the camera in front of a Blue Origin New Shepard booster. ” A good number of those prospects are coming from the auction that Blue Origin wrapped up last month to sell the open seat on the first flight. . Jeff Bezos via Instagram).

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, checks out some of the postcards submitted for spaceflight as part of his nonprofit Club for the Future campaign. Five weeks later, the winning bid of $28 million raised eyebrows — even at Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos via Twitter / 2019).

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, inspects Blue Origin’s launch facility in West Texas before the first test flight of the New Shepard suborbital spacecraft in April 2015. Blue Origin Photo). He’s presided over high-profile publicity events including the unveiling of the Blue Moon lunar lander.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2021

Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. Blue Origin Photoillustration). “We’re ready to go,” Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s director of astronaut and orbital sales, said today at a news briefing. . ET (10 a.m.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

An engineering mock-up of the crew lander vehicle designed by Blue Origin and its partners stands tall inside Building 9 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. Blue Origin Photo). Blue Origin said the mock-up will remain at Johnson Space Center through early 2021 for a series of tests and simulations.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but tests that were recently conducted at NASA’s Glenn Research Center are boosting confidence that the rocket’s cavernous nose cone, or fairing, will work as intended.

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