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Show comments. (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew - including the first U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s - from West Texas to the edge of ...
The New Shepard rocket and capsule lifted off at 9:36 a.m. CT (10:36 a.m. ET) from the Jeff Bezos-founded company’s facilities on a private ranch in West Texas.
Joey Roulette. June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM. By Joey Roulette. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense picked Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Boeing-Lockheed joint venture ...
55244. Website. blueorigin.com. Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., [ 2] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[ 3] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, [ 4][ 5] and space technologies [ 6] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
New Glenn is a Heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth. [ 8] New Glenn is a two-stage rocket with a diameter of 7 m (23 ft). Its first stage is powered by seven BE-4 engines that are also designed and manufactured by Blue Origin.
Gimbal range. ±5°. The BE-4 (Blue Engine 4) [ 5] is an oxygen-rich [ 6] liquefied-methane-fueled staged-combustion rocket engine produced by Blue Origin. The BE-4 was developed with private and public funding. [ 7] The engine has been designed to produce 2.4 meganewtons (550,000 lbf) of thrust at sea level.
The New Shepard rocket lifted off at 11:43 a.m. ET from Blue Origin’s facilities on a private ranch in West Texas. The 33 science experiments on board experienced a few minutes of microgravity ...
Blue Origin has leased the launch site since 2015 in order to build a new launch site for launching the company's orbital rockets. Orbital launches are expected to begin from LC-36 no earlier than 2024, [ 3 ] and the first launch vehicle slated to launch there is New Glenn , under development by Blue Origin since 2012. [ 4 ]