Tag: blue origin
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2023
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all. The technologies range from lunar surface power systems to tools for in-space 3D printing, which will expand industry capabilities for a sustained human presence on the Moon through Artemis, as well as other NASA, government, and commercial mission

Blue Origin and its National Team partners have been awarded the NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract by NASA. The team includes Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics.
The contract will see the development and flight...
NASA has announced that it has signed unfunded Space Act agreements with seven companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman, on projects related to human spaceflight and the commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) economy. The agreements are part...
Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, has won the second NASA human landing system award, which will allow the company to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon. The $3.4 billion fixed-price contract will see Blue Origin develop...
Motiv Space Systems announced today it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) Modularity for Space Systems Program (M4SS) together with sub-contractor Blue Origin. The contract leverages Motiv's advanced space robotics technology to enable a...
Blue Origin and Sierra Space today announced plans for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in LEO. The station will open the next chapter of human space exploration and development by facilitating...
Blue Origin successfully completed its second human spaceflight on board New Shepard on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. The flight included four astronauts, Dr. Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, and William Shatner, as well as thousands of postcards...
After their successfull launch, Blue Origin will hold a post-flight press conference hosting Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin flight crew.
The press conference will be transmitted live on youtube and can be followed below.
Other news will follow later on.
https://youtu.be/Kmpb7xJJ10I
SpaceX and Blue Origin are private space exploration
companies in the US which manufacture and fly spacecraft. SpaceX was founded in
Blue Origin in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and 2002 by Elon Musk. Both these companies
are vital for asteroid mining because...