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Blue Origin

US
commercialFounded 2000
www.blueorigin.com/
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Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned to be built in low Earth orbit by Blue Origin and Sierra Space.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 25, 2021Blue Origin and Sierra Space developing commercial space station

An industry consortium led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced plans on 2021-10-25 to cooperate on the development of a commercial space station.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 25, 2021Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce plans for commercial space station

Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 25, 2021Plans For A Commercial Space Station Revealed By Blue Origin + Sierra Space

Blue Origin launched William Shatner and three others on a suborbital flight on 2021-10-13 using its New Shepard vehicle.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2021Blue Origin launches second crewed New Shepard mission

The 2021-10-13 New Shepard liftoff occurred from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:49 a.m. Eastern.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 13, 2021Blue Origin launches second crewed New Shepard mission

Blue Origin planned one more crewed New Shepard flight in 2021 and planned several more crewed flights for 2022.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2021Blue Origin successfully and safely completes second human flight to space and back

The Blue Origin lawsuit has suspended work on NASA’s Human Landing System program until 2021-11-01 as the court takes up the case.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2021Blue Origin launches second crewed New Shepard mission

Blue Origin successfully completed its second human spaceflight on New Shepard on 2021-10-13.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2021Blue Origin successfully and safely completes second human flight to space and back

Blue Origin is planning several additional crewed New Shepard flights in 2022.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2021Second Human Spaceflight For Blue Origin + Four Astronauts Is A Success

New Shepard mission NS-18 launched on Wednesday, 2021-10-13, from Blue Origin’s west Texas launch site.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2021Second Human Spaceflight For Blue Origin + Four Astronauts Is A Success

Audrey Powers has been at Blue Origin since 2013 and currently oversees all New Shepard flight operations, vehicle maintenance, and support infrastructure.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 4, 2021Star Trek’s William Shatner to fly on next New Shepard flight

Blue Origin will provide live launch coverage for New Shepard NS-18 on BlueOrigin.com beginning at T-minus 90 minutes.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative PlanOct 4, 2021William Shatner and Blue Origin’s Audrey Powers to fly on New Shepard’s 18th mission

The Government Accountability Office rejected Blue Origin’s protest and also rejected a similar protest filed by Dynetics three months after April 2021.

Mentioned as: blue originTechnical ProductOct 3, 2021Nelson remains confident regarding funding for Artemis

An essay critical of Blue Origin was published on the website Lioness on 2021-09-30 by a group of 21 current and former employees.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 1, 2021FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations

Blue Origin conducted four New Shepard missions in 2021 using two different vehicles, one designed for payload-only flights and one for flying people.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations

A New Shepard crewed flight was scheduled for 2021-10-12 from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 1, 2021FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations

Blue Origin holds that New Shepard is the safest space vehicle ever designed or built.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations

Blue Origin announced on 2021-09-27 that Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries would be passengers on the 2021-10-12 New Shepard flight.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations

Blue Origin’s New Shepard RSS First Step was the first suborbital spacecraft to carry paying customers on 2021-07-20.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021Blue Origin’s first astronaut spaceflight breaks four Guinness World Records titles

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS certified the 2021-07-20 Blue Origin flight with titles for the oldest person in space, the youngest person in space, the first siblings to go to space together, and the first suborbital spacecraft to carry paying customers.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021Blue Origin’s first astronaut spaceflight breaks four Guinness World Records titles
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