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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Just as Spinal Tap turned the dial up to 11 on the band's amplifiers, Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture is turning the dial up on its heavy-lift #NewGlenn rocket by adding two engines each to the first-stage booster and the second stage. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-supersizes-new-glenn-rocket/ #Space

Illustration: New Glenn 9x4 rocket lifting off
Illustration: New Glenn 9x4 rocket lifting off
Illustration: New Glenn 9x4 rocket lifting off
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Hacker News
@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

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Tom
@Tallish_Tom@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

So, #blueorigin lunched New Glenn and landed the first stage.

and no one really noticed.

I bet Jeff hates Elon SO MUCH!

#oligarchs

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Greg Lloyd
@Roundtrip@federate.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

New Glenn 2 Successful launch and booster stage return
Perfect at sea barge landing
14 Nov 2025

#newglenn #blueorigin #video
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EPkaCCDjo-c

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Hacker News
@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/blue-origin-lands-new-glenn-rocket-booster-on-second-try/

#HackerNews #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #RocketLanding #SpaceInnovation #AerospaceTechnology

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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Today's successful launch of twin #Escapade probes to #Mars for #NASA - plus the first-ever recovery of a #NewGlenn booster rocket, bolsters the status of #BlueOrigin as a worthy competitor for Elon Musk's #SpaceX. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/second-launch-blue-origin-new-glenn-escapade-mars/ #NG2 #Space

Blue Origin New Glenn rising from launch pad
Blue Origin New Glenn rising from launch pad
Blue Origin New Glenn rising from launch pad
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

NASA has said it is opening its marquee U.S. moon landing contract to other bidders as Elon Musk's SpaceX has experienced mounting delays with the Starship lunar lander. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/nasa-spacex-contract-starship-rivals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jeffbezos #blueorigin #spacex #rockets #space #elonmusk #nasa #us #moon #mars #artemis

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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Blue Origin's 15th crewed spaceflight gets down to business, with two CEOs, two entrepreneurs, a Ukrainian businessman and a pioneering engineer taking a suborbital ride to the edge of space. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/08/flight-log-six-spacefliers-go-suborbital-with-blue-origin/ #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #Space #NS36

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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

#JeffBezos, the billionaire founder of #Amazon and #BlueOrigin, says that orbital #datacenters will become the most cost-effective way to address the growing data and power needs of #AI within 20 years. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/jeff-bezos-orbital-data-centers-next-step/ #Space #Tech #ItalianTechWeek

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Jeff Bezos says orbital data centers will be the ‘next step’ for space ventures that make Earth better

What's the next killer app for the final frontier? According to Jeff Bezos, it's a future fleet of orbital data centers.
Jeff Bezos at Italian Tech Week 2025
Jeff Bezos at Italian Tech Week 2025
Jeff Bezos at Italian Tech Week 2025
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture is teaming up with partners in #Luxembourg on Project Oasis, which aims to identify and take advantage of water ice and other #resources on the #moon. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-luxembourg-project-oasis-map-moon-resources/ #Space

Illustration: Oasis-1 satellite in lunar orbit
Illustration: Oasis-1 satellite in lunar orbit
Illustration: Oasis-1 satellite in lunar orbit
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

During a #space industry forum in Australia, an executive at Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture laid out plans to roll out three next-generation #NewShepard suborbital rocket ships, reportedly in response to high demand from ultra-high net worth customers. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-expand-new-shepard-suborbital-space/

New Shepard liftoff from Texas launch pad
New Shepard liftoff from Texas launch pad
New Shepard liftoff from Texas launch pad
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

NASA wants to hook up with commercial ventures that are working on vehicles that can transfer spacecraft to what are typically hard-to-reach orbits ... and #BlueOrigin says its #BlueRing could be just the thing. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-orbital-transfer-vehicles-nasa/ #space

Illustration: Blue Ring space mobility vehicle in Earth orbit
Illustration: Blue Ring space mobility vehicle in Earth orbit
Illustration: Blue Ring space mobility vehicle in Earth orbit
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Four years after bidding $28 million to take a suborbital ride on a #BlueOrigin#NewShepard rocket ship, #crypto billionaire #JustinSun finally takes what he calls his first step to #space. "We will have more," he says. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/crypto-justin-sun-28m-blue-origin-space/

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun flashes a thumbs-up gesture as he emerges from Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun flashes a thumbs-up gesture as he emerges from Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun flashes a thumbs-up gesture as he emerges from Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

A year ago, #crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun was the subject of an #SEC fraud investigation. Now that case has been put on hold, and Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture says it'll finally be giving Sun his $28 million suborbital trip to the edge of space. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/crypto-billionaire-justin-sun-blue-origin/#Tron#Space#NewShepard

Digital rendering of Justin Sun in spacesuit
Digital rendering of Justin Sun in spacesuit
Digital rendering of Justin Sun in spacesuit
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture sent six more space tourists on a suborbital trip to the final frontier, even as the billionaire and his new wife were finishing up their lavish wedding weekend in Venice. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-ns33-jeff-bezos-wedding/#JeffBezos#Space#NewShepard#NS33

Blue Origin New Shepard rocket liftoff
Blue Origin New Shepard rocket liftoff
Blue Origin New Shepard rocket liftoff
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