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By Mike Wall Published
SpaceX has long held the contract to land NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts on the moon a few years from now. But the agency plans to reopen the bidding, according to acting NASA chief Sean Duffy.

By Mike Wall Published
Blue Origin rolled the first stage of its powerful New Glenn rocket to the pad Wednesday (Oct. 8) for testing ahead of a planned launch of two NASA Mars probes.

By Mike Wall Published
Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

By Mike Wall Last updated
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday morning (Oct. 8), and you can watch it live.

By Mike Wall Published
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just announced the passenger list for NS-36, the company's 15th space tourism launch.

By Josh Dinner Published
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is taking steps toward the launchpad to fly NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission, now lifting off no earlier than (NET) mid-October.

By Andrew Jones Published
NASA's low-cost ESCAPADE mission will study how Mars loses its atmosphere using twin spacecraft built by Rocket Lab.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).

By Mike Wall Last updated
Blue Origin launched its 35th New Shepard suborbital mission this morning (Sept. 18) after a nearly four-week delay, flying more than 40 scientific payloads above the Kármán Line.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Blue Origin and Anduril each received AFRL contracts to deliver rocket-flown cargo to any point in the world within one hour, according to a media report.
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