Blue Origin’s New Glenn received an FAA launch license on December 27, the same day its seven engines completed a 24-second ...

Blue Origin postponed New Glenn's planned January 2025 debut because high seas in the Atlantic threatened its attempt to land ...

Some critters active stealth mode: octopuses blend into their background using camouflage while pygmy sperm whales spurt dark red intestinal fluid into the water, like a smokescreen, to give them a ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a contract worth up to $700 million to boost NASA’s telecommunications capability in Martian orbit, using a version of the company’s Blue Ring ...

NASA on Tuesday afternoon awarded Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin a contract to develop the agency's Mars Telecommunications Network. The next-generation communications systems aims to enable reliable, ...

Blue Origin's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will deliver high-speed, continuous coverage between Earth and Mars, laying the infrastructure foundation for science, robotic, and human exploration.

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NASA announced on September 1 that it has awarded Blue Origin the contract to design, launch, and operate the next-generation "Mars Communications Network" linking Mars and Earth. The total contract ...

NASA has selected a Blue Origin proposal to use its Blue Ring platform as a telecommunications orbiter to support Mars missions, with service to begin by the end of 2028. The firm-fixed price contract ...

Blue Origin proposed a version of its Blue Ring spacecraft to serve as a Mars communications satellite. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — NASA awarded a $700 million contract to Blue Origin on Sept. 1 ...

NASA selects Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Telecommunications Network contract, aiming to boost communications and navigation for Mars missions by 2030.