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Live launch coverage of the NS-19 mission begins on BlueOrigin.com at T-90 minutes.
A Blue Origin-led team received a $130,000,000 CLD award for the Orbital Reef space station concept announced 2021-10-25.
Orbital Reef is led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space and has been selected by NASA for a funded Space Act Agreement to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Blue Origin selected six people to fly on its next New Shepard mission, NS-19, scheduled for 2021-12-09 from Launch Site One in West Texas.
CAS Space unveiled a suborbital tourism concept with vehicle renders resembling Blue Origin’s New Shepard and SpaceX Crew Dragon and aims to provide tourist rides to space as soon as 2024.
Blue Origin's NS-19 mission is scheduled to launch on 2021-12-09.
Liftoff for Blue Origin's NS-19 is targeted for 9:00 am CST / 15:00 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas.
Both LIFE and Dream Chaser are part of Orbital Reef, the commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-25 by a team that includes Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing, and Redwire.
The HLS solicitation required each bidder to offer its best approach to meeting the program’s requirements, and Blue Origin submitted a proposal that did not include a $2,000,000,000 or $3,000,000,000 corporate contribution.
NASA had $345,000,000 available for HLS milestone payments in 2021, and Blue Origin’s proposed milestone payments for 2021 were more than triple that amount.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos offered in July 2021 to reduce the company’s original $6,000,000,000 HLS bid by $2,000,000,000 if NASA would give Blue Origin a second HLS award.
Blue Origin spent nearly $1,000,000 on lobbyists in the fourth quarter of 2020 during the period when Congress finalized the fiscal year 2021 spending bill.
Blue Origin Chief Executive Bob Smith increased the company’s post-filing offer to more than $3 billion, eliminating the difference between Blue Origin’s original bid and SpaceX’s $2,900,000,000 price.
SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy and Blue Origin’s New Glenn may become available as affordable commercial alternatives within the next 5 to 7 years.
The parties to the Blue Origin suit agreed to an expedited schedule that originally called for a final ruling by 2021-11-01.
Blue Origin filed suit on 2021-08-16 after the Government Accountability Office rejected protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics to NASA’s HLS award.
Project Kuiper selected ABL Systems to launch its two prototype satellites KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 instead of using Blue Origin rockets.
Following its NYSE debut in September, Redwire announced plans to partner with Blue Origin, Sierra Space, and Boeing to develop a commercial space station outfitted with Redwire’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space will develop, own, and operate a commercial space station called Orbital Reef in low Earth orbit.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station in low Earth orbit.