Its proposed lunar lander, Blue Moon, lost to SpaceX's Starship in NASA’s recent commercial competition to develop the technology for getting the next astronauts onto the moon.īlue Origin is challenging the contract award and so are their other competitors. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos is set to blast off into space at 9 a.m., along with his younger. He has certainly earned it, in the sense that he has paid for it by starting the aerospace company, Blue Origin, that. While the diminutive New Shepard is meant to launch people on brief flights to the edge of space, the mega New Glenn will be capable of hauling cargo and eventually crew into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, possibly beginning late next year.īlue Origin also has its eyes on the Moon. Seeking to upstage Jeff Bezos as the first rocket company owner to go to space, Richard Branson, the British billionaire who founded a galaxy of Virgin companies, announced. Jeff Bezos will be second in the billionaire space race, following Richard Branson’s July 11 flight. Bezos is taking a seat on his own space shuttle, New Shepard, on July 20. Nineteen space advocacy and education groups are getting $US1 million each as a result, with the rest to be used by Blue Origin's Club for the Future for its own education effort. The fourth seat on the upcoming flight was auctioned off for $US28 million. Blue Origin’s first flight to space with humans onboard included the billionaire Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. The company hasn't disclosed the cost of a ride. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by former CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos. ( AP: Blue Origin ) What's next?īlue Origin is expected to open ticket sales soon and has already lined up some of the unsuccessful auction bidders. is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Blue Origin's New Shepard crew capsule descends from space during a test.
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