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Blue Origin Announces Space Launch Next Week, First Since 2022 Crash

Blue Origin said on Tuesday it was aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket next week, the first mission since an uncrewed crash in September 2022 set back the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.

International Business Times

AP PHOTOS: Moon, asteroids and new rockets topped the world's space news in 2023

The moon, asteroids and brand new rockets topped the world’s space news in 2023.

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Blue Origin will return to flight with uncrewed mission on Dec. 18

Blue Origin plans to end its 15-month spaceflight hiatus with an uncrewed mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Dec. 18.

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Amazon will now pay Elon Musk’s SpaceX to get its Project Kuiper satellites into space—and compete against his Starlink service

Amazon said Friday it's signed a contract with SpaceX for three launches of Project Kuiper satellites.

Fortune

Fisher Space Pens to fly with Blue Origin crews as 'official ballpoint'

Fisher Space Pen has new Blue ballpoints. The maker of the pressurized-ink writing instruments has partnered with Blue Origin to become the company's pen provider for all upcoming crewed launches.

Space

Safety, not speed, should be the priority in launch mishap probes, FAA advisory group says

With more space launches than ever, industry wants a way to speed up licensing after mishaps. But safety must come first, say members of a Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee say.

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‘Buying influence’: top US nuclear board advisers are tied to arms business

Nine of 12 members of the commission charged with avoiding nuclear conflict have financial ties to defense contractors

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Boom in space tourism threatens to boost the amounts of space junk and climate emissions

Commercial companies are increasingly becoming involved in transporting astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), as well as other activities in orbit. Some, such as Houston-based Axiom Space, eventually want to build their own space stations in orbit, where commercial astronauts could make extended stays.

The Conversation

Blue Origin shows off moon lander prototype for NASA's Artemis program

Blue Origin recently showed off one of the prototypes it is building to help return humans to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis Program.

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Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX

Amazon has launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service

The Independent UK

How Musk and Bezos first met, with an insulted Elon inviting himself to tour Blue Origin

The two billionaire CEOs rubbed each other the wrong way upon meeting, according to new biography about Elon Musk.

Fortune

Elon Musk’s monopoly over the space race could ‘choke’ the sector if left unchecked, a Lazard investment banker has warned

"I think it’s a huge concern."

Fortune

Jeff Bezos’s rivalry with Elon Musk has landed him with a lawsuit

The filing alleges Amazon's leadership “excluded the most obvious and affordable launch provider, SpaceX, from its procurement process because of Bezos’ personal rivalry with Musk."

Fortune

See Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket come together at Florida space coast factory (photo)

Social media post provides rare insight into Blue Origin's work and progress on its New Glenn rocket.

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Here’s Why Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Has Fallen Behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Blue Origin, the space firm founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is developing far more slowly than SpaceX.

France 24

Virgin Galactic sends its first tourist passengers into space

Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.

Evening Standard

Virgin Galactic: What’s it like to go on a sub-orbital space flight?

Here’s everything you need to know about how sub-orbital spaceflights work, what it feels like to go on one, and what your rights are

Fortune

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic saw a 400% jump in revenue

Virgin Galactic had its final test flight in May and the launch of a commercial spaceflight in June, which helped it make $2 million in quarterly revenue.

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Amazon's Project Kuiper opens satellite facility at Kennedy Space Center

Amazon's new satellite processing facility in Florida brings the company's Project Kuiper closer to competing with SpaceX's Starlink, but it still has a way to go.

Reason

Americans Love NASA, But Private Firms Do the Real Work in Space

People see a continuing role for the space agency, but mostly in national defense.

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NASA eyeing SpaceX's Starship as possible space station

SpaceX and NASA are working to include Starship in an architecture of low Earth orbit opportunities by considering the massive spacecraft for use as a space station.

Zenger

NASA Selects Blue Origin And 10 Other Companies For Moon Exploration Technologies

Blue Origin awarded $34.7 million to develop technology for unlimited electricity on the Moon.

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Artemis 2 moon astronauts visit splashdown zone for their Orion spacecraft (photo)

The Artemis 2 moon crew was in San Diego for the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing where they met the people who will recover the Orion spacecraft after an ocean splashdown.

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ULA delays 1st Vulcan rocket launch to late 2023 after explosion during test

The Vulcan Centaur is now scheduled to debut in late 2023, provided the rest of its development goes according to plan.

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China just launched a methane-fueled rocket into orbit, a world's 1st for spaceflight (video)

Zhuque-2, a rocket built by the Chinese company Landspace, reached Earth orbit on July 12, becoming the first methane-fueled launcher ever to do so.

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