NASA approves $93 million mission to study the Moon ahead of Artemis

Posted on 05/02/2021 by Engadget

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace, a company based in Cedar Park, Texas, a $93.3 million contract to carry out a mission to conduct experiments and test new technologies on the Moon. In 2023, the company’s Blue Ghost lander will touch down in Mare C...

NASA’s delayed Moon lander contracts cast doubt on Artemis timeline

Posted on 31/01/2021 by Engadget

More signs are emerging that NASA’s Artemis program might not bring people to the Moon on time. The Verge has learned that NASA quietly pushed back the award timeframe for two lunar lander contracts from late February to April 30th, including the lun...

Blue Origin’s upgraded New Shepard vehicle completes its first flight

Posted on 15/01/2021 by Engadget

Blue Origin has successfully demonstrated its upgraded New Shepard suborbital vehicle for crewed flights. The rocket system’s crew capsule separated from its reusable booster two and a half minutes after liftoff before reaching a peak altitude of 107...

NASA approves Blue Origin’s New Glenn for future uncrewed missions

Posted on 17/12/2020 by Engadget

NASA has approved Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy lift rocket for future unmanned scientific and exploration missions, even though the 310 foot reusable booster has yet to fly. The contract, part of the space agency’s NASA Launch Services (NLS), is an...

Watch the Blue Origin sensor test that will help NASA land on the Moon

Posted on 24/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard rocket on a suborbital mission today (September 24th) and test sensors for a vehicle that could one day land on the Moon. The NS-13 mission, using a rocket that has already flown six times in a ro...

Blue Origin has been trying to get the hell off this planet for 20 years now

Posted on 08/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As a teenager, young Jeff Bezos was fascinated with space exploration. Speaking as the 18-year-old valedictorian of his high school, Bezos told the Miami Herald in 1982 that he planned “to build space hotels, amusement parks and colonies for 2 millio...

Blue Origin’s lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulations

Posted on 21/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Blue Origin and its “National Team” partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper have delivered their full scale lunar lander mock-up to NASA. The space agency will use the engineering prototype to simulate how it could get “crew, equipment,...

Senate bill offers more incentives for private spaceflight

Posted on 07/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Politicians are seizing on Crew Dragon fervor to offer more incentives for private spaceflight. A group of US senators including Marco Rubio, Dianne Feinstein and Ted Cruz have put forward the American Space Commerce Act, a bill that would expand per...

Blue Origin and SpaceX win contracts to develop NASA’s Moon spacecraft

Posted on 30/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As it teased earlier in the week, NASA has awarded contracts in its quest for a Moon landing — and it’s a big win for the upstarts in the spaceflight industry. The administration has chosen Blue Origin, SpaceX and IT firm Dynetics to compete against...

Blue Origin shows off the engine and nose cone of its reusable rocket

Posted on 11/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In late 2018, the US Air Force awarded Blue Origin $500 million to build the New Glenn rocket with a reusable first stage and performance similar to SpaceX's Falcon Heavy. We haven't heard a lot since then, but Jeff Bezos' company has just shared a c...

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