Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever WATCH
Blue Origin, the Kent-based rocket maker, launched its New Shepard rocket Wednesday on a test flight from West Texas. Once the booster separated, the capsule’s...
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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture, buys land for expansion in Kent
The Kent-based rocket maker last week spent $14.1 million on 31 acres of agricultural land near its headquarters.
Jeff Bezos zips past Bill Gates to become world’s richest person as Amazon stock surges
Shares of Amazon and Microsoft soared toward record highs on Friday, bolstered by strong financial results that had Wall Street analysts scrambling to revise their...
Blue Origin picks Alabama for rocket plant whose incentive offers left Washington state out of running
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will build its next-generation BE-4 rocket engines in Huntsville, Alabama, bringing more than 340 manufacturing jobs and $200 million in capital...
Blue Origin reveals photos of capsule that could send tourists into space
The space-travel company has released images of the New Shepard rocket that show the capsule's interior design.
Blue Origin signs first paying customer for satellite launches
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin signed satellite operator Eutelsat Communications as its first paying customer as it prepares to launch more powerful rockets early in the next...
Blue Origin succeeds in dramatic test of crew-capsule escape system WATCH
Blue Origin’s latest unmanned space rocket launch in west Texas Wednesday morning simulated a failure and proved an even bigger success than expected.
Bezos plans bigger reusable rocket for orbital flights
Blue Origin, the Kent-based space-exploration company founded by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, on Monday revealed plans for a new heavy-lift rocket to take commercial satellites...
Amazon’s Bezos boldly goes where no CEO has gone before
In a tweet linking to the video, the tech billionaire and space flight aficionado wrote that being in “Star Trek” now was off his “bucket...
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