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Blue Origin has unveiled the six-member crew set to fly aboard its upcoming NS-30 mission, marking the 10th human flight for the New Shepard program and its 30th overall mission.
Blue Origin employees are preparing for substantial job cuts as part of a strategic shift aimed at reducing costs and increasing rocket launches.
Blue Origin is now targeting 1 am ET on Tuesday, January 14, for the next launch attempt. The flare stacks have become active and propellant loading should begin at 8:30pm ET
NASA has postponed the highly anticipated ESCAPADE mission (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), originally slated for an October 2024, to no earlier than spring 2025; delaying the inaugural test flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
The crew members include Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen, and Ephraim Rabin. Notably, Karsen Kitchen will become the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission is set to launch this fall
The U.S. Space Force has announced the inclusion of Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies as eligible launch providers under the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) contract.
NASA's Mars smallest mission ESCAPADE is officially on the launch schedule with launch now scheduled for NET late September 2024.
Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle successfully lifted off today at 11:42 a.m. Eastern from Launch Site One in West Texas. This marked the first mission since a mishap more than 15 months ago, demonstrating the company's commitment to overcoming challenges and resuming operations.
Just days after announcing the completion of Tenacity, Sierra Space confirmed on November 17th that it had laid off 165 employees who had been instrumental in assembling the Tenacity.
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