Amazon's Project Kuiper lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 6 October 2023, carrying the first two of a planned 3,236 satellites into space. Photograph: Terry Renna/AP By Adam Gabbatt, Published by The Guardian, 15 October 2023 As the world’s wealthiest men chest-thump in low-Earth orbit, others wonder how their mess
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon's two satellites for its space-based internet service on Friday. (Joe Skipper/Reuters) By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 6 October 2023 Amazon stretched its reach to space on Friday, sending its first two internet satellites to orbit, a
Blue Origin’s New Glenn New Glenn’s second stage tank at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL., July 14, 2022. (Photo: Blue Origin) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 5 October 2023 Interested companies have until Dec. 15 to respond to the service's dual requests for proposals: one for
By Jonathan Josephs, Published by the BBC, 25 September 2023 The US is "in a space race with China to go back to the moon", says Nasa chief Bill Nelson. In a BBC interview, Mr Nelson says he wants to make sure "we get there first". His comments revive memories
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 13 September 2023 New Shepard might fly again surprisingly soon, though the company has yet to make an official announcement. A year ago, on September 12, Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket crashed into the desert having suffered an anomaly. The capsule escape
By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 28 August 2023 Officials talked about Tuesday’s launch of NROL-107 in a bid to “deter the adversary.” A Tuesday launch will aim to put highly secret object-tracking satellites into geosynchronous orbit, U.S. officials said in a press conference about an upcoming National Reconnaissance
By Frank Landymore, Published by The Byte, 23 August 2023 Nothing to sneeze at! Gassed Up Things are getting kind of gassy at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space tourism firm. Case in point, Bloomberg reports that a Blue Origin facility in West Texas is regularly emitting so much methane during
By Matthew Field, Published by The Telegraph, 14 August 2023 Project delays and war in Ukraine have led to a growing dependence on the Tesla billionaire In the tropical heat on the coast of French Guiana sits a 200ft tall rocket. Ariane 6, which was designed to carry forward the
