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ULA targets second Vulcan Space Force launch next month as CEO departs for Blue Origin

United Launch Alliance is targeting the second flight of its Vulcan rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force payload next month, even as its chief executive departs to join Blue Origin. The launch is an early operational milestone for Vulcan and comes amid a leadership transition at ULA.

2026-01-07T18:24:28.345025-08:00

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Live long and loiter: NASA's ESCAPADE will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

2026-01-04T05:06:02.425622-08:00

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

2025-12-20T08:24:57.734726-08:00

Bloomberg

NASA chief: whichever company builds a moon lander fastest — SpaceX or Blue Origin — will carry astronauts

2025-12-18T14:29:38.648297-08:00

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ULA targets second Vulcan Space Force launch next month as CEO departs for Blue Origin United Launch Alliance is targeting the second flight of its Vulcan rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force payload next month, even as its chief executive departs to join Blue Origin. The launch is an early operational milestone for Vulcan and comes amid a leadership transition at ULA.

2026-01-07T18:24:28.345025-08:00

ULA targets second Vulcan Space Force launch next month as CEO departs for Blue Origin

Space.com

Live long and loiter: NASA's ESCAPADE will wait a year in space before heading to Mars NASA's ESCAPADE mission will spend about a year loitering in space before starting its Mars transfer, delaying arrival to match orbital geometry rather than relying on an immediate Mars-bound launch. The approach highlights alternative timing strategies for lower-cost planetary probes.

2026-01-04T05:06:02.425622-08:00

Live long and loiter: NASA's ESCAPADE will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

GeekWire

2026 preview: NASA crewed lunar flyby and Blue Origin lunar lander to take center stage In 2026 NASA plans a crewed lunar flyby that will send astronauts around the Moon while Blue Origin pursues a separate lunar-lander mission, putting government-led human exploration and private-sector lunar activity at the forefront of next year’s space calendar and launch manifest.

2025-12-31T08:44:47.554904-08:00

2026 preview: NASA crewed lunar flyby and Blue Origin lunar lander to take center stage

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Amanda Nguyen says she faced a 'tsunami of harassment' and depression after Blue Origin's all‑female flight Amanda Nguyen, a scientist who flew on Blue Origin's historic all‑female New Shepard suborbital mission alongside Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, says the 11‑minute flight triggered a “tsunami of harassment” and significant depression that followed her after the mission.

2025-12-29T14:04:53.321289-08:00

Amanda Nguyen says she faced a 'tsunami of harassment' and depression after Blue Origin's all‑female flight

Bloomberg

Blue Origin Names Tory Bruno to New National Security Group

2025-12-26T10:27:36.727268-08:00

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus Blue Origin’s New Shepard completed its 16th passenger flight, carrying 33‑year‑old European Space Agency engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus — the first wheelchair user to fly on the suborbital tourism vehicle. Benthaus, paralyzed in a mountain‑bike accident seven years ago, described the flight as a long‑held dream realized.

2025-12-20T08:24:57.734726-08:00

Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

USA Today

2025 spaceflight in photos: Blue Origin, SpaceX, two lunar landings and the Starliner return A year of milestones — from two uncrewed lunar landings and the high‑profile return of Boeing's 'stuck' Starliner crew to major operational pushes by SpaceX and Blue Origin — 2025 saw a rapid increase in launch cadence, lunar activity and commercial space capability demonstrations.

2025-12-19T10:40:35.838105-08:00

2025 spaceflight in photos: Blue Origin, SpaceX, two lunar landings and the Starliner return

Bloomberg

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NASA chief: whichever company builds a moon lander fastest — SpaceX or Blue Origin — will carry astronauts NASA's new administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency will select whichever company — SpaceX, Blue Origin or another contractor — that completes a crewed lunar lander first to return humans to the lunar surface, prioritizing speed over previous awards as Artemis seeks the first crewed landing in more than 50 years.

2025-12-18T14:29:38.648297-08:00

NASA chief: whichever company builds a moon lander fastest — SpaceX or Blue Origin — will carry astronauts

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ULA targets second Vulcan Space Force launch next month as CEO departs for Blue Origin

Live long and loiter: NASA's ESCAPADE will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

NASA chief: whichever company builds a moon lander fastest — SpaceX or Blue Origin — will carry astronauts

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