Blue Origin

In some emerging use cases in geostationary Earth orbit, conventional satellites weighing several metric tons would be too expensive.

The static test fire at Cape Canaveral SFS marked Blue Origin’s first fueling of a New Glenn rocket stage with flight propellants, and the first engine burn of an integrated flight stage.

With testing and integration still ahead, the New Glenn will miss its Mars launch debut.

The Jacklyn is a 380-ft.-long, 200-ft.-wide specialized barge.

New technologies are leveraging the advantages of GEO.

The company has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.

The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.

A decade after Congress began banning Russian rocket engines for U.S. missions, the final national security payload for an Atlas V has lifted off.

The U.S. Space Force does not yet anticipate any delays to its upcoming launch manifest because of the investigation into the July 11 failure of a Falcon 9.

The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.

A group of recently launched startups are bucking the strategy.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin and Stoke Space under the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 effort.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

The Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics and Viasat to develop space laser-communication terminal prototypes.

Boeing passed up bidding on a planned commercial variant of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket for the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program.

The U.S. Space Force has selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and SpaceX as the three service providers for Phase 3 of the NSSL program.

Out of 48 proposals for less-expensive, faster options for returning samples from Mars, NASA selected seven ideas from companies for 90-day study contracts.

Starliner is due to spend at least eight days at the International Space Station for a shakedown .

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The mission, designated NROL-146, is targeted for launch on May 19 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying from Vandenberg SFB in California.

The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama, factory for installation on a Vulcan rocket.

What began as an operational ballistic missile evolved into one of the most successful and storied space launch vehicles.

CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.

NASA is continuing its efforts to partner with the U.S. commercial space sector while striving to establish a human presence at the Moon.

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded three contracts for development of low-cost space tugs and in-space refueling technologies.