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    Blue Origin suffers setback (2011-09-03)
    First reported by the Wall Street Journal, Blue Origin lost a spacecraft on August 24th. According to the reports the craft had to be destroyed after control was lost after the craft surpassed Mach ... [Read More]

    New Blue Origin videos surface (2011-11-21)
    Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin endevour are the quiet participants in the commercial space race. These just release videos of the “New Shepard” suborbital vehicle test flights are really ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin has successful Pad Escape Test (2012-10-23)
    “KENT, Wash. – Blue Origin conducted a successful Pad Escape test last week at its West Texas launch site, firing its pusher escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin Tests it’s BE-3 Engine (2013-03-06)
    The BE-3 is a liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen(LOX/LH2) 100,000 pound thrust engine. The BE-3 is designed to be part of the RBS(Reusable booster system) that powers the Blue Origin Space Vehicle. In ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle test flight from Yesterday (2015-04-30)
    Wow! Nice flight of Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard. Blue Origin Link [Read More]

    Nice Blue Origin Engine Graphic (2015-06-23)
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    Blue Origin’s New Shepard goes into Space then lands (2015-11-24)
    Historic news for Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin rocket. On Monday the craft went into space (329,839 feet) then returned to earth and landed. Of course this was a sub-orbital flight but still quite ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin’s Launch.Land.Repeat. Video (2016-01-23)
    Blue Origin continues to push SpaceX’s buttons. Its like comparing apples to oranges since all of Blue Origin’s flights have been sub-orbital. It wasn’t long after Blue Ori ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin Flight 4 (2016-06-19)
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    Blue Origin Test Mission 8 Info (2018-04-27)
    Launch Time: Launch window opens Sunday, April 29th – 8:30 a.m. CDT Watch Live Stream: https://www.blueorigin.com/ “Mission 8 welcomes our second round of commercial payloads on board New ... [Read More]

    Blue Origin Mission 8 Launch Images (2018-04-29)
    Launched to around 351,000 feet (66 miles) – nominal flight and landing of both booster and capsule. Advertisements [Read More]

    Blue Origin New Shepard mission NS-10 launch info (2018-12-17)
    Blue Origin’s next New Shepard mission (NS-10) is currently targeting liftoff tomorrow at 8:30 am CST / 14:30 UTC. This will be the 10th New Shepard mission and is dedicated to bringing nine ... [Read More]

    Very Happy Rocket Scientists (2015-12-03)
    The happiness is infectious in this video from Blue Origin’s 1st stage landing on Nov 23rd. [Read More]