Blue Origin launch today: Popstar Katy Perry, is part of a six-member, all-women crew, that is set to take off from Texas later today, as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission. Also part of the crew are Jeff Bezos‘ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, who handpicked her companions for…
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin on February 25 (local time) launched its 10th space tourism mission, sending six passengers, including Indian-origin Tushar Mehta, to the suborbital space. The suborbital New Shepard vehicle of Blue Origin took off from its West Texas facility on Tuesday at 10:50 a.m. EST (15:50 GMT and 9:50 a.m….
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has postponed the inaugural launch of its colossal New Glenn rocket following a technical hitch. The 320-foot (98-metre) rocket was scheduled to lift off early Monday from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying a prototype satellite. However, launch controllers encountered an unspecified issue with…
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is set for its maiden orbital voyage with New Glenn rocket. Will this threaten the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the orbital launch market ? The Glenn rocket launch initially scheduled for Sunday, 12 January, was pushed back a day due to “unfavourable” sea conditions, Blue Origin said in a…
