Another blockbuster year for the space industry draws to a close. In fact, 2022 may have been the most blockbuster year for space in recent memory – since 1969, at least. The historic cadence of SpaceX, the launch of Space Launch System and the return of the Orion capsule, big technical...
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Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines are being placed onto United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket booster. (ULA Photo)Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has completed delivery of the two BE-4 rocket engines that will be used next year for the first launch of United Launch...
An artist’s conception shows a ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket launching Amazon’s satellites. (Amazon Illustration)The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet network are now due to launch on the first-ever flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur...
Florida’s Space Coast continues to make preparations for the extremely powerful and slow-moving Hurricane Ian, with officials rolling rockets back to the safety of hangars and delaying launches until the storm passes. The massive storm made landfall near Fort Myers Wednesday afternoon, coming in...
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Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin
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An illustration shows an Atlas V rocket launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA / Amazon)United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to send satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet...
Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin
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An illustration shows an Atlas V rocket launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA / Amazon)United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to send satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet...
Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin
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An illustration shows an Atlas V rocket launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA / Amazon)United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to send satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet...
Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin
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An illustration shows an Atlas V rocket launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA / Amazon)United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to send satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet...
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin published an updated timeline for the first flight of New Glenn, the orbital rocket it’s building to complement its existing New Shepard suborbital space launch vehicle. The company is now targeting Q4 2022 – a slippage of roughly a year from the prior...
Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas
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Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine lights up for a full-thrust test firing in Texas. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram)If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. At least that’s the way Blue...