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Blue Origin donates New Shepard rocket and crew capsule to Smithsonian

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos once pledged that if his company's first rocket to reach space and land vertically back on Earth survived, he would put it in a museum. He has made good on his word.

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Blue Origin launches 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket, nails landing (video)

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed flight Wednesday morning (Oct. 23) and nailed the landing of both crew capsule and rocket.

Space

Lucky ticket to space: How a Tennessee cardiologist made it to the final frontier

Eiman Jahangir narrowly missed out on being a NASA astronaut — twice. But he made it to space anyway, thanks to persistence and some luck.

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Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)

Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight.

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NASA delays ESCAPADE Mars launch on Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket to 2025 to avoid potential cost overruns

The ESCAPADE Mars mission, previously scheduled to launch atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Oct. 13, will now lift off in spring 2025 at the earliest.

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Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has before

Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion.

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Blue Origin droneship arrives in Florida ahead of 1st New Glenn launch (video, photos)

Blue Origin's droneship, named "Jacklyn," arrived at Florida's Port Canaveral ahead of the inaugural launch of the company's huge New Glenn rocket next month.

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Rocket Lab's Mars probes reach launch site ahead of 1st flight on Blue Origin New Glenn rocket (photos)

The twin ESCAPADE satellites have arrived in Florida for the highly anticipated inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn megarocket in October.

Space

New record: Blue Origin launches youngest woman beyond Kármán line

Blue Origin set a new record with today's space tourism launch, sending the youngest woman beyond the 62-mile-high (100 kilometers) Kármán line.

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Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut Oct. 13 with NASA Mars launch

The inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which will send NASA's two-satellite ESCAPADE mission toward Mars, will launch no earlier than Oct. 13.

Space

Space tourism: What are the pros and cons?

Space tourism is controversial, and there are a multitude of reasons why.

Space

'One of the cleanest flights I've seen.' Blue Origin launches 6 people to space, lands safely on NS-26 flight (video)

Blue Origin launched its eighth suborbital space tourism mission this morning (Aug. 29), sending six people to space and back.

Space

What time is Blue Origin's private NS-26 astronaut launch on Aug. 29 (and how to watch live)

A Blue Origin rocket will launch a new private astronaut mission to suborbital space this week. Here's what time and where to watch.

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Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will launch on Aug. 29

Blue Origin is targeting Thursday (Aug. 29) for the launch of its eighth suborbital crewed mission, a flight called NS-26.

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How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?

If the future unfolds like some experts forecast, the moon is going to be one bustling spaceport. How can we handle all of that lunar traffic?

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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' sounds like it's dripping in Space Race nostalgia

Here are the ways "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" might tap into the history of the space race and NASA's famed Apollo program.

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Nigeria’s first space traveller will be chosen by the public: how this will boost the country’s progress

The Blue Origin space craft owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to take six individuals to space from nations historically underrepresented in space exploration. Nigeria is one of the selected countries. Though a date is yet to be fixed for this particular trip, the Blue Origin space flight usually…

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'The Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli opens up about her coming Blue Origin flight (interview)

STEM advocate and space enthusiast Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin. She shares her story, and her excitement, with Space.com.

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After ISS: The private space station era is dawning

As the end of the ISS looms on the horizon, NASA and private space companies are looking forward to the era of private space stations and what it will mean for humanity's presence in low Earth orbit.

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Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)

Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.

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'Wonderlab' host Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin

The Space Gal is headed into orbit, as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program.

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Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos' Ongoing Rivalry In Space Industry

Explore the longstanding rivalry between tech moguls Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the space exploration industry.

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Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line

Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for its next space tourism flight. One of them will become the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line.

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Where to? Space: Tripadvisor publishes 1st off-Earth travel review

After helping millions of people plan their trips around the world, Tripadvisor is ready to do the same for those looking to travel beyond Earth. "Destination Space" is focused on space tourism.

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Where will we be in space in 2049? A look at spaceflight over the next 25 years

The next quarter-century in space exploration could be historic, the era in which humanity finally establishes a foothold on the moon and Mars.

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