ArticleMars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today the Red Planet is cold, dry, and draped by a thin atmospheric v...
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Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

ArticleMars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today the Red Planet is cold, dry, and draped by a thin atmospheric v...
ArticleBlue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on the rocket’s next launch, carrying a satellite for AST SpaceMobile. The post Blue Origin to...
ArticleBlue Origin launched its first New Shepard mission of the year Jan. 22, carrying five paying customers and one company employee after a last-minute change....
ArticleWith this quick turnaround, Blue Origin takes a step toward a faster cadence.
ArticleThe upcoming week will see seven rocket launches from six different launch sites across the… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9 set to launch two missions fr...
ArticleWashington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are back on a fully synchronized path to Mars after mission controllers successfully ca...
ArticleBlue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to trave...
ArticleThe first wheelchair user flew into space today on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. Michi Benthaus, who was injured in a mountain biking accident in 2018, a...
ArticleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has cleared a major test campaign at Sandia National...
ArticleGlobal launch activity is set to surge over the next week, with 13 missions scheduled… The post Launch Roundup: Ariane 6, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Electron la...
ArticleThe launch company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos launched two successful missions in 2025, including landing its first booster on its landing barge.
ArticleFresh off its highly successful NG-2 flight, which launched the ESCAPADE Mars probes and featured… The post Blue Origin unveils new spacecraft and New Glenn...
ArticleWashington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 About a week after liftoff, the twin spacecraft of NASA's ESCAPADE mission returned their first images as they journey...
Article"In the end of the day, NASA has to capture the public's imagination."
ArticleA week after successfully launching and landing the current version of New Glenn, Blue Origin announced a series of upgrades to the vehicle. The post Blue O...
Article"The iterative design from our current 7x2 vehicle means we can build this rocket quickly."
ArticleBlue Origin has unveiled upgrades to its New Glenn rocket, aimed at boosting payload capacity,… The post Blue Origin announce upgrades to New Glenn ahead of...
ArticleMaxwell AFB AL (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second time on Nov. 13, 2025. Although the sec...
Article"There's never been such a high demand for launch as there is right now."
ArticleBlue Origin saw a resounding success on the second flight of their mammoth New Glenn launch vehicle Thursday, successfully placing NASA’s twin ESCAPADE space...
ArticleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Space Systems Command continues the process of certifying Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle for National Security...
Article"If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth."
ArticleCape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined fo...
ArticleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 NASA's ESCAPADE mission has initiated its journey as two identical spacecraft, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere,...
ArticleA pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency...
ArticleBlue Origin not only had a successful launch today and sent two NASA cubesats on their way to Mars, but landed their New Glenn-2 first stage on a barge at […]
ArticleBlue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more abo...
ArticleBlue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process...
ArticleBlue Origin was able to secure permission from the Federal Aviation Administration for a daytime launch attempt while the emergency order constraining commer...
ArticleBlue Origin was able to secure permission from the Federal Aviation Administration for a daytime launch attempt while the emergency order constraining commer...
ArticleThis week’s launch schedule features two high-profile launches that were pushed back after scrubs from… The post Launch Roundup: New Glenn, Viasat, & Sentin...
ArticleBlue Origin called off its first attempt at the second launch of its New Glenn rocket Nov. 9, citing weather and other issues. The post Blue Origin scrubs N...
ArticleIf all goes according to plan, Blue Origin will launch their New Glenn rocket for the second time tomorrow, Sunday, at 2:45 pm ET and land the first stage on...
ArticleFollowing a successful first flight in January, Blue Origin is set to launch its heavy-lift… The post Blue Origin set to launch ESCAPADE on second New Glenn...
ArticleThis will be the second launch of a New Glenn rocket and NASA's first mission to Mars since 2020. Liftoff from pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station i...
ArticleBlue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9. The post Second New Glenn laun...