SpaceX Challenges Patent Filed by Blue Origin, SpaceRef Business “An employee of Docket Alarm earlier today posted on tech news blog Slashdot that SpaceX had filled a challenge to the […]
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Is Florida's Launch Dominance Fading?
SpaceX may pick Texas over controversial Merritt Island launch site, Orlando Sentinel “Though Florida officials admit that the state is an underdog in the fight, they contend that Spaceport Shiloh, […]
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LC-39A: GAO Denies Blue Origin Protest; NASA Selects SpaceX To Use It
GAO Decision on Blue Origin Protest Over LC -39A “Blue Origin, LLC, of Kent, Washington, protests the actions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in connection with its […]
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Blue Origin Tests Liquid Hydrogen Engine
Blue Origin Debuts the American-made BE-3 Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engine (with video) “Blue Origin reached a key milestone in the development of the liquid-fueled BE-3 engine by successfully demonstrating deep […]
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Long-term Lease for Pad 39A Almost Set
Lease on Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39 may be near, Bolden says, Florida Today “A long-term lease of a mothballed Kennedy Space Center launch pad may still be near, NASA […]
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Fighting Innovation at Pad 39A
New Uses For Launch Pad 39A: Threatening The Status Quo “While news stories focus (inaccurately) on a contrived rivalry between space billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, entrenched interests in […]
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Blue Origin Completes Suborbital Crew Capsule Escape System Test
Photos and Video: Blue Origin Suborbital Crew Capsule Escape System Test “Blue Origin conducted a successful Pad Escape test last week at its West Texas launch site, firing its pusher […]
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Blue Origin's ISS Crew Vehicle
Blue Origin Tests Design of Next-Generation Spacecraft “Blue Origin successfully tested the design of its next-generation Space Vehicle, completing a series of wind tunnel tests to refine the aerodynamic characteristics […]
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Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11's Saturn V
F-1 Engine Recovery, Bezos Expeditions “I’m excited to report that, using state-of-the-art deep sea sonar, the team has found the Apollo 11 engines lying 14,000 feet below the surface, and […]
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Lori Garver Visits Blue Origin
NASA Deputy Administrator Garver Tours Blue Origin – Announces Commercial Space Firm’s April Engine Testing At NASA Stennis “Garver also announced Blue Origin has delivered its BE-3 engine thrust chamber […]