Blue Origin sells NASA artificial gravity to simulate the moon
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will provide NASA with a research environment to help simulate gravity conditions on the moon, rotating its New Shepard spacecraft 11...
Latest Headlines
2021 could be a huge year for space. Here’s what’s to come from NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.
For space exploration, 2020 was quite a good year. 2021 could be better. Here's just some of what could happen in the new year with...
Jeff Bezos’ secretive space venture launches a rocket to the edge of space for the first time in months
For the first time in 10 months, Jeff Bezos’s secretive space company flew a rocket to the edge of space from its remote launch site...
NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket
Washington state-based Blue Origin launched a New Shepard rocket from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could...
Blue Origin will steer its space exploration efforts from new Kent headquarters VIEW
The new Kent headquarters for Jeff Bezos’ space exploration company is built for 1,500 employees.
GAO sides with Bezos’ Blue Origin in complaint over Pentagon contracts
The Government Accountability Office on Monday sustained a protest by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company to a Pentagon decision that essentially barred the company...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin assembling an all-star team to build lunar lander for 2024 mission
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, is moving forward with plans to send its lunar lander to Earth’s rocky neighbor with the help of some...
Blue Origin challenges Pentagon’s plan on satellite launches
The bid protest is the latest in a string of high-profile fights over the lucrative Pentagon missions. For years, the Defense Department relied on a...
Jeff Bezos reveals moon lander, and Blue Origin’s vision for space VIEW
The Amazon founder said he wants to build the infrastructure for humans to live in space. The space colonies would be decades away, to be...
Blue Origin begins construction of Alabama rocket-engine plant
Jeff Bezos' spaceship company Blue Origin broke ground Friday on a rocket-engine production facility in Huntsville, Ala., that will cost more than $200 million and...
Never miss a story.
Get full Seattle Times access on all your devices, starting at $1 a week.