Questions tagged [blue-origin]
Blue Origin is a Jeff Bezos-founded private American aerospace manufacturer which is attempting to commercialize space tourism.
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Did Blue Origin NS-31 achieve any scientific goals?
The crew of flight NS-31 successfully left Earth's atmosphere and returned shortly afterwards. Much has been made in the press of the cultural significance of the trip, but did this flight achieve ...
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What has really happened with New Glenn booster on 16 January 2025?
What has really happened with the first stage of New Glenn (GS-1) on 16 January 2025? Official page said just that "We lost the booster during descent." Data translation from the booster was ...
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What is the big blue circular thing on the Blue Ring "Space Truck"?
An illustration of Blue Ring in orbit. Illustration: Blue Origin (I've added a zoom of the "big blue thing" area.) Gizmodo's September 9, 2024 NASA Postpones Upcoming Mars Mission, Citing ...
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Are there currently no targeted New Shepard launches?
Blue Origin's New Shepard returned to flight last year. Yet it has become silent around the New Shepard since then and I can't find any further targeted flight dates of the New Shepard now. It seems ...
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Where exactly are the BE-7 engines on the Blue Origin HLS for Appendix P?
I was reading about the recent selection of Blue Origin for a second Lunar Lander, and a comment on an article caught my eye. Where exactly are any of the engines on the new lander? Here you can see ...
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How high can New Shepard fly?
If all the cargo onboard New Shepard were removed and the booster was not recovered, how high could it fly?
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Is Blue Origin redundant?
Blue Origin was founded in 2000, SpaceX in 2002. But so far, Blue Origin has only conducted Sub-orbital launches while SpaceX has launched high profile missions like DART. Can Blue Origin actually do ...
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If Artemis 1 fails, will it be the end of the program?
The Artemis 1 flight was meant to happen years ago. The program is really expensive and the SLS is not reusable. Other companies like SpaceX or Blue Origin are doing things in a much cheaper and ...
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Hard (15mph) landing, no retrorockets fired?
Today’s (12-11-21) Blue Origin New Shepard crew landing looked to be at full 15mph with no evidence of retro rockets firing or slowing of the capsule. Did they fire?
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Do forward thinking launch providers like SpaceX, Blue Origin or Virgin Galactic fund any carbon nanotube research?
Elon Musk has indicated (ex.: Tweet) that he has little interest in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with respect to the concept of an orbital elevator, claiming in essence that the development is simply not ...
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What kinds of cameras were used to film Blue Origins first crewed flight launch?
Obviously, the launch cameras were standard cameras (well high-tech expensive ones), and next ones used were drones, but... higher up, seemed like at first the cameras were following the rocket, too ...
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Why did Blue Origin make 5 times more flight tests than Virgin Galactic before sending their founders (Jeff Bezos for BO, R. Branson for VG) to space?
https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521631717122059 (mirror): Why did Blue Origin make 5 times more flight tests than Virgin Galactic before sending their founders (Jeff Bezos for BO, Richard ...
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Does the US government plan to issue "Astronaut Wings" for anyone passing 80 km forever?
Related and potentially helpful here: What kind of badge will tourists who performed a sub-orbital spaceflight receive? but here I'm asking specifically about the US government's future plans. The BBC'...
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Why does Blue Origin claim Virgin Galactic's spaceplane doesn’t have an escape system whereas Virgin Galactic's passengers are wearing parachutes?
https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521631717122059 (mirror): vs. https://space.stackexchange.com/a/54072/1111 by John Thomas: [Virgin Galactic's passengers] do appear to be wearing parachutes....
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Will Richard Branson be setting any space firsts by beating Jeff Bezos' launch date?
Virgin Galactic is now saying they will launch Richard Branson on July 11 Dubbed the "Unity 22" mission, this flight on the VSS Unity spacecraft will carry a full crew of two pilots, Dave ...
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