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Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch

Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.

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Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli

Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for NS-28, its next suborbital space tourism mission. Among them are 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli and two repeat customers.

Space

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites

AST SpaceMobile, a startup with plans for a direct-to-cellphone satellite service constellation, has chosen Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to launch some of its next-gen satellites.

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Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch (photo)

Blue Origin showed off its New Glenn rocket after its two stages were mated in the company's Florida facility. The new rocket could take off on its maiden flight as soon as November.

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Jeff Bezos Congratulates Donald Trump On Re-Election Victory

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on re-election, faces backlash for editorial decisions.

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'I love you Elon': Inside Trump and Musk's billionaire bromance

The 47th President of the United States and the Space X billionaire have shown they’re in it for the long haul as Musk has been announced to head up his Department of Government Efficiency. So what could happen next?

Evening Standard

What Trump might do in his second presidency and what it could mean for democracy

There is nothing more dangerous than an autocrat who has managed to dupe the public into thinking that they are good at managing the economy, or are the key to maintaining security. That the Trump years saw reasonable levels of economic and job growth while inflation stayed under control, helped…

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The Washington Post is a reminder of the dangers of billionaire ownership

In blocking the newspaper from endorsing Kamala Harris, Jeff Bezos is not acting cowardly so much as slyly

The Guardian - US

Bezos insists no quid pro quo in decision to pull Washington Post’s Harris endorsement as staff and subscribers quit

Amazon founder argued endorsements don’t move voters and end up harming paper’s credibility

The Independent UK

Washington Post writers say don’t dump subscriptions over non-endorsement

Fears for effect on jobs at newspaper owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos that declined to back a presidential candidate

The Guardian - US

Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement

Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

The Guardian - US

Jeff Bezos Blocked Harris Endorsement In 'Quid Pro Quo' With Trump: Washington Post Editor

Editor-at-large Robert Kagan, who resigned in protest, says billionaire owner stopped endorsement same day executives of his Blue Origin space company met with Trump

International Business Times

The Latest: Trump sits down with Joe Rogan, Harris to rallies with Beyoncé

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have centered their attention on Texas with less than two weeks to go before Election Day

The Independent UK

Boeing may put its iconic space business up for sale and had talks with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, report says

That could include Boeing’s Starliner space taxi program and operations related to the International Space Station, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

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Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027

Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching customers to suborbital space and back in 2027, for a price of about $210,000 per seat.

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Mini '2001' monoliths fly into space on first flight of Blue Origin's 2nd crew ship

A number of black slabs modeled after the monoliths in "2001: A Space Odyssey" have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin's second human-rated launch vehicle.

Space

Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system

Private companies are making progress on expandable habitats, which could help humanity keep its foothold in Earth orbit and settle the moon and Mars.

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Richard Branson will co-pilot Space Perspective's 1st crewed balloon flight to edge of Earth's atmosphere

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on tourism company Space Perspective's first crewed balloon flight, expected to occur in 2025.

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Blue Origin donates New Shepard rocket and crew capsule to Smithsonian

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos once pledged that if his company's first rocket to reach space and land vertically back on Earth survived, he would put it in a museum. He has made good on his word.

Space

Blue Origin launches 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket, nails landing (video)

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed flight Wednesday morning (Oct. 23) and nailed the landing of both crew capsule and rocket.

Space

Lucky ticket to space: How a Tennessee cardiologist made it to the final frontier

Eiman Jahangir narrowly missed out on being a NASA astronaut — twice. But he made it to space anyway, thanks to persistence and some luck.

Space

Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)

Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight.

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NASA delays ESCAPADE Mars launch on Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket to 2025 to avoid potential cost overruns

The ESCAPADE Mars mission, previously scheduled to launch atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Oct. 13, will now lift off in spring 2025 at the earliest.

The Conversation

Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has before

Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion.

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Blue Origin droneship arrives in Florida ahead of 1st New Glenn launch (video, photos)

Blue Origin's droneship, named "Jacklyn," arrived at Florida's Port Canaveral ahead of the inaugural launch of the company's huge New Glenn rocket next month.

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