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The fourth passenger was originally intended to be the winner of an auction for that seat, which an anonymous person won with a bid of $28 million. On July 1, the company announced that Funk would be joining the flight. In June 2021, Bezos announced that he was going to fly to space personally, joined by his brother, Mark. All in all, the New Shepard system had 15 test flights prior to the crewed launch, and the rocket and capsule that launched Tuesday had two previous successful flights.

Blue Origin made history again a few months later in January 2016 by launching and landing the same rocket that it had launched the previous November. A few months later, in November 2015, a second test flight of New Shepard successfully launched, and the booster landed safely-the first time a rocket had been to space and landed back on Earth. The rocket launched successfully, and the capsule separated and landed safely, but the booster rocket crashed and was destroyed.

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Three years later, the company conducted the first full test of the New Shepard system. Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin team celebrating a successful New Shepard test in 2015. The autonomous, re-usable vehicle sent its crew capsule soaring above the Karman line, the internationally recognized space boundary, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level. Mission 'N-22' saw the New Shepard suborbital rocket blast off around 8:58 am local time (1358 GMT) from Blue's base in the west Texas desert. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space, including the first from Egypt and Portugal, on the company's sixth crewed flight. If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.īlue Origin sends first Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2022 Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords. With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain. Related Links Northrop Grumman Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com Firefly's launch vehicles, combined with their in-space vehicles, such as the Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) and Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, provide the space industry with a single source for missions from LEO to the surface of the Moon and beyond.

#JEFF BEZOS BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET LAUNCH UPGRADE#

The Antares 330 performance upgrade will enable Northrop Grumman to continue to support the company's current contracts while planning for future mission capabilities.įirefly Aerospace is an emerging end-to-end space transportation company focused on developing a family of launch vehicles, in-space vehicles, and services to provide industry-leading affordability, convenience, and reliability to its government and commercial customers. 'Firefly prides itself on being a disrupter in the new space industry and collaborating with a proven space pioneer like Northrop Grumman will help us continue that disruption,' said Peter Schumacher, interim CEO, Firefly. This new stage will also significantly increase Antares mass to orbit capability. Blue Origin, which Bezos founded in 2000, will launch rockets and spacecraft from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Antares 330 will utilize seven of Firefly's Miranda engines and leverage its composites technology for the first stage structures and tanks, while Northrop Grumman provides its proven avionics and software, upper-stage structures and Castor 30XL motor, as well as proven vehicle integration and launch pad operations. Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of private spaceflight company Blue Origin and founder and CEO of, announced today that Blue Origin will make Florida's Space Coast its home port for reusable rocket launches. 'Northrop Grumman and Firefly have been working on a combined strategy and technical development plan to meet current and future launch requirements.'įirefly's propulsion technology utilizes the same propellants as the current Antares rocket, which minimizes launch site upgrades. 'Through our collaboration, we will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by an entirely new medium class launch vehicle,' said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defense systems, Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Firefly Aerospace have joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil and national security space launch markets.

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