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NASA revives VIPER, awards Blue Origin $190M to deliver rover to Moon south pole in 2027

NASA revived the canceled VIPER mission, awarding Blue Origin a $190 million task order to deliver the rover to the Moon's south pole aboard the Blue Moon Mark 1 lander in late 2027. VIPER will map water ice and volatiles to help enable a sustainable Artemis lunar presence.

2025-09-19T13:32:50.812454-07:00

Space.com

Blue Origin delays second New Glenn launch to Sept. 29, will carry NASA Mars probes

2025-08-15T14:08:01.192664-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Blue Origin NS-34 Carries Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun on 14th New Shepard Spaceflight

2025-08-03T07:30:23.755875-07:00

Space.com

NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars Smallsats Set for New Glenn’s Second Flight as Soon as Aug. 15

2025-07-19T05:06:26.044874-07:00

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Air & Space Forces Mag

Blue Origin and Space Force expand payload‑processing at Cape Canaveral to boost launch cadence Blue Origin and the U.S. Space Force are expanding payload‑processing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, upgrading facilities and integration workflows to accelerate launch tempo. The work aims to reduce on‑site vehicle and satellite processing bottlenecks and enable higher cadence operations from the Space Coast.

2025-10-15T11:53:48.020027-07:00

Blue Origin and Space Force expand payload‑processing at Cape Canaveral to boost launch cadence

Ars Technica

Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space Hans Koenigsmann, the longtime SpaceX engineer who led investigations into the company’s rocket failures, will fly to space, saying he’s “always been interested to experience Max Q from the inside.” The trip places a veteran flight‑reliability investigator aboard a commercial crewed mission.

2025-10-13T08:40:35.388347-07:00

Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space

timesca.com

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4 On October 8, 2025, Kazakh citizen Danna Karagussova completed a suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS4, becoming the first woman from Kazakhstan and the wider CIS to reach space. The mission was New Shepard's 15th crewed flight and the NS4's 16th successful launch-and-landing.

2025-10-11T00:45:28.863708-07:00

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4

Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin rolls second New Glenn to Cape Canaveral ahead of late‑fall launch carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE probes Blue Origin rolled the booster for its second New Glenn to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 8, beginning final pad processing. The flight, now targeted for late October or November, will carry NASA’s twin ESCAPADE smallsats — New Glenn’s first interplanetary payload.

2025-10-08T09:07:52.608847-07:00

Blue Origin rolls second New Glenn to Cape Canaveral ahead of late‑fall launch carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE probes

Space.com

Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere Blue Origin flew its 15th crewed space tourism mission, sending civilian passengers beyond Earth’s atmosphere on a short suborbital hop and offering live footage of the liftoff. The flight extends the company’s commercial human launch operations amid plans to increase its launch cadence.

2025-10-08T07:44:40.485457-07:00

Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere

Aviation Week

Bezos predicts gigawatt‑scale orbital data centers in coming decades Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon and founder of Blue Origin, said he foresees gigawatt‑scale data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades. His forecast underlines a potential shift toward hosting large compute and storage facilities in orbit that could reshape commercial space activity.

2025-10-06T01:32:19.955547-07:00

Bezos predicts gigawatt‑scale orbital data centers in coming decades

Fortune

Sara Sabry: Blue Origin training taught me to embrace discomfort Sara Sabry, a millennial astronaut, says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable and credits Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin training with teaching her to push through long, 13‑hour workdays. She describes using discomfort as a deliberate mental tool that helped her advance in spaceflight preparation.

2025-10-04T05:17:06.971370-07:00

Sara Sabry: Blue Origin training taught me to embrace discomfort

newswire.com

Utah State researcher Aaron Newman to fly on Blue Origin New Shepard in USU–Uplift collaboration Utah State University announced researcher Aaron Newman will fly on Blue Origin’s upcoming crewed New Shepard suborbital mission as part of a USU–Uplift Aerospace collaboration, marking the university’s direct participation in commercial suborbital human spaceflight and hands‑on research aboard New Shepard.

2025-10-03T23:00:12.826829-07:00

Utah State researcher Aaron Newman to fly on Blue Origin New Shepard in USU–Uplift collaboration

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