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Blue Origin makes solar cells out of simulated moon dirt with 'alchemist' project
By Andrew Jones published
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company, claims it has made major progress in developing a way to make solar panels using materials from the lunar surface.
Vulcan Centaur rocket: The space workhorse of tomorrow
By Andrew May last updated
Reference The Vulcan Centaur rocket is United Launch Alliance's new methane-fueled rocket due to launch in late 2023.
Blue Origin aims for Mars in 2024 with twin NASA spacecraft
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
The company will launch NASA's two-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission in 2024 with its forthcoming New Glenn rocket, assuming Blue Origin has it ready in time.
Blue Origin teams up with Shaq to send kids' postcards to space on New Shepard
By Elizabeth Howell published
The four-time NBA champion is reaching for space with Blue Origin's non-profit, Club for the Future.
Blue Origin plans to fly all-female crew to suborbital space: report
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin plans to fly an all-female crew — led by Lauren Sanchez, the girlfriend of company founder Jeff Bezos — to suborbital space in the next year or so.
Blue Origin offers new bobbleheads of 1st New Shepard female fliers
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The first women to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard have been honored with their own bobbleheads. The figurines feature Wally Funk, Audrey Powers and Laura Shepard Churchley.
NASA's new moon lander contest heats up with Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman
By Elizabeth Howell published
There are at least two Human Landing Systems vying for future NASA Artemis missions on the moon, adding on to SpaceX Starship lander approved for Artemis 3 and Artemis 4.
Will Richard Branson actually reach space on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed launch?
By Mike Wall last updated
As the commercial race to suborbital space has heated up in the past few years, a tricky question has popped up again and again: Where does outer space begin?
#MeToo in space: We must address the potential for sexual harassment and assault away from Earth
By Maria Santaguida, Judith Lapierre, Simon Dubé published
The realities of sexuality and intimacy in space are mostly omitted from discussions of human factors associated with working and living in space.
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