Blue Origin

Hundreds of Local Space Launches – It’s In the Stars

Posted on January 18, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

January 18, 2023 – Historically, a new launch vehicle was introduced every ten or twenty years, but with several companies bringing new gear online, the outlook is for several new systems and hundreds of launches in the next few years. Relativity Space will be introducing the Terran 1 series of expendable rockets. Most of the... [Continue Reading]

Here’s A Great Travel Idea—Space!

Posted on December 12, 2021. Categorized under: Regional News

December 12, 2021 - Travel and Leisure provides us with a list of 50 great places to travel in 2022. And most of them are earthly stops.  But the surprising bonus suggestion on this prestigious list of places to travel is space. https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/best-places-to-travel-in-2022 Jeff Bezos inspects Blue Origin booster pad. Image Credit: Blue Origin Although... [Continue Reading]

Billionaires In Space

Posted on July 20, 2021. Categorized under: Regional News

July 20, 2021 – The wonders of space tourism have been on many a bucket list for some time, and now that dream is getting much closer, at least for those with the means to purchase a ticket. Last week, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson won the billionaires’ space race when he became the first… [Continue Reading]

BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCHES WITH STUDENTS’ ARTWORK ON BOARD

Posted on October 16, 2020. Categorized under: Economic Development, Regional News

Oct 15, 2020 – Blue Origin’s 7th launch for this New Shepard rocket carried very important cargo. The capsule carried science experiments, including 1.2 million tomato seeds that will be distributed to schoolchildren around the U.S. and Canada, and tens of thousands of children’s postcards with space-themed drawings that will be returned to the young… [Continue Reading]