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Blue Origin offers NASA $2 billion in last-ditch attempt at lunar lander contract
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has penned an open letter to NASA in which he says his company will waive $2 billion in payments in return for a fixed-price lander contract.
Jeff Bezos swung by space and has some thoughts
Breaking news: A billionaire says the planet is beautiful.
Blue Origin completes its first crewed spaceflight with Bezos onboard
Blue Origin has successfully completed its first crewed flight, taking Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk and others into space.
Engadget Podcast: Billionaires in space, Windows in the cloud
This week, Space.com's editor-in-chief Tariq Malik joins Cherlynn and Devindra to break down the ongoing billionaire space race.
Blue Origin's first paying customer is the youngest person to fly to space
The first paying Blue Origin customer is Oliver Daemen — the youngest person ever to fly to space.
Blue Origin gets FAA approval for its first human spaceflight on July 20th
The FAA has approved Blue Origin's maiden crewed rocket voyage set for July 20th with the company's chief executive Jeff Bezos aboard.
Blue Origin throws shade at Virgin Galactic before Richard Branson's flight
Blue Origin claims Richard Branson isn't really going to outer space.
Aviation pioneer Wally Funk will join Blue Origin's first crewed space flight
The 82-year-old will become the oldest person to reach space.
Blue Origin sells seat aboard its first human flight for $28 million
Blue Origin has sold the first seat aboard a New Shepherd rocket for $28 million — although the buyer remains mysterious.
Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first tourist flight
Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will be on board Blue Origin's first suborbital tourist flight.
Blue Origin's first space tourist flight takes off on July 20th
After years of development and more than a handful of delays along the way, Blue Origin plans to attempt the first official flight of its New Shepard spacecraft on July 20th.
NASA, SpaceX pause work on the lunar lander deal due to contract challenges
SpaceX will have to hold off work on a lunar lander for NASA while the government reviews protests from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Blue Origin is challenging SpaceX's Artemis lander contract from NASA
Jeff's Bezos' rocket company claims NASA improperly awarded the contract to its rival.
SpaceX wins NASA's Artemis lunar lander contract
Elon Musk's company will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time since 1972.
DARPA picks Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin to build nuclear spacecraft
DARPA has picked Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin and General Atomics to build and demonstrate a spacecraft driven by nuclear thermal propulsion.
Blue Origin's 15th New Shepard test flight serves as an astronaut rehearsal
The launch window for New Shepard's 15th test flight opens on April 14th, 9AM Eastern time. That particular test, aptly codenamed NS-15, will serve as a verification step for the vehicle and its operations prior to flying astronauts to suborbital space.
NASA approves $93 million mission to study the Moon ahead of Artemis
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to carry out a mission to conduct experiments and test new technologies on the Moon.
NASA's delayed Moon lander contracts cast doubt on Artemis timeline
NASA has delayed two lunar lander contracts in a further sign the Artemis program might not put people on the Moon in 2024.
Blue Origin's upgraded New Shepard vehicle completes its first flight
It’s New Shepard’s 14th mission overall, but it’s the first for both the redesigned crew capsule and its booster.
NASA approves Blue Origin's New Glenn for future uncrewed missions
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.