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Blue Origin

New Glenn in rocket lineup

Jeff Bezos unveils the design for Blue Origin’s ‘New Glenn’ orbital rocket

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is providing a sneak preview of the “New Glenn” rocket for orbital launches, which his Blue… Read More

Blue Origin escape system

Jeff Bezos says next Blue Origin spaceship test should destroy the booster rocket

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has flown the same rocket booster to outer space… Read More

Blue Origin rocket factory site

Concrete poured for Blue Origin’s orbital space complex in Florida

Work is progressing on the facility in Florida where Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to build its orbital… Read More

Blue Origin software engineers

‘Just DO IT!’ Blue Origin software engineers talk about Jeff Bezos’ space venture on Reddit

Creating a commercial space effort is clearly not a 9-to-5 job: Software engineers from Blue Origin, the space venture that… Read More

Blue Origin bumpers

Jeff Bezos touts results from Blue Origin spaceship’s test, even with one less chute

Last month’s test flight of a Blue Origin rocket ship to space and back was aimed at seeing how safely it… Read More

Relativity Space

Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’

Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space,… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plays role in ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ fulfilling a dream

As a kid growing up in Texas, Jeff Bezos loved to play “Star Trek” with his friends from the neighborhood,… Read More

Blue Origin launch

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight… Read More

Blue Origin facility

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today put a spotlight on the construction of a giant rocket production facility in Florida for his Blue… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another… Read More

Blue Origin launch

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin live-streams its spaceship’s risky test flight

Something went wrong during today’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the world was able to watch how… Read More

Jeff Bezos

After delay, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets set for spaceship test flight on Father’s Day

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says it’s all systems go for a live-streamed Father’s Day launch of Blue Origin’s reusable New… Read More

Jeff Bezos says a big government ‘prize’ could generate more public interest in space exploration

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos thinks the government could offer “a very large prize” as an incentive to parties involved in the modern… Read More

Jeff Bezos plans to live-stream Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight

For his next trick, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to have his Blue Origin space venture send its New Shepard rocket… Read More

Blue Origin parachutes

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next spaceflight will test parachute failure

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos predicts there’ll be a problem with a parachute the next time his Blue Origin venture flies… Read More

Blue Origin rocket cam view

Blue Origin and SpaceX revisit their latest rocket landings in must-see videos

Will seeing a spaceship land on its feet ever get old? The novelty is still there in newly released videos… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Innovation of the Year

Crowdsourced package delivery, wireless over-the-air device charging, an atlas of the human brain, dynamic 3D face reconstruction, and a rocket… Read More

Tory Bruno

United Launch Alliance’s CEO weighs Blue Origin’s chances in multibillion-dollar rocket engine race

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – United Launch Alliance’s president and CEO, Tory Bruno, is facing a 2019 deadline from Congress to come… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Interview: Jeff Bezos lays out Blue Origin’s space vision, from tourism to off-planet heavy industry

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn’t focused on creating America’s biggest online retailer when he was… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Alan Boyle

Jeff Bezos describes future space tours – and explains why he passed up a moon trip

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his chance to go into space in a Russian Soyuz… Read More

Jeff Bezos: What the commercial space industry can learn from the Internet revolution

Jeff Bezos has the rare distinction of helping to lead two revolutions: the rise of e-commerce starting more than two decades ago… Read More

Blue Origin launch

Video: Jeff Bezos shares drone’s-eye view of Blue Origin spaceship’s flight

Saturday’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship marked lots of milestones, including the first time a drone captured video… Read More

Blue Origin landing

Jeff Bezos live-tweets ‘flawless’ test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos served as launch commentator today for a risky but successful third flight of Blue Origin’s New… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard preparation

Jeff Bezos lets the world know about Blue Origin’s craziest spaceship test flight yet

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin rocket venture will put its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to its sternest test… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proposed a ‘disemvowel’ feature for the Washington Post

If you thought the Fire Phone was a flop, consider the Jeff Bezos ideas that never made it off the… Read More

ULA exec resigns after controversial comments about Blue Origin, SpaceX and U.S. government

The VP of Engineering at United Launch Alliance (ULA), Brett Tobey, has resigned after comments he made in a Tuesday… Read More

VSS Unity

Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin highlight small steps toward giant space leaps

In the past few weeks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture have both… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin
Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Inside Jeff Bezos’ rocket factory with space journalist Alan Boyle

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave a small group of journalists, including GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, a guided tour… Read More

New Shepard crew capsule

Legislation aimed at boosting Washington state’s space industry fizzles out

Two measures that would have lent a hand to Washington state’s fledgling space industry have been stalled in committee and aren’t likely… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos lifts curtain on Blue Origin rocket factory, lays out grand plan for space travel that spans hundreds of years

KENT, Wash. – For the first time, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos guided a pack of journalists around his Blue Origin… Read More

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