Wally Fink is one of the world’s most accomplished female pilots and a pioneer in breaking barriers for women in aviation and space exploration. She died peacefully at her home in Grapevine TexasWednesday. She is 87 years old. Grapevine city spokesperson Mona Quintanilla confirmed her death. The city of Grapevine said she died surrounded by … Read more
According to reports, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a “hot test” at Cape Canaveral, Florida, around 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. Thick smoke billows over Launch Site 36. The explosion occurred as Blue Origin was conducting a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. The … Read more
The latest failure of the Blue Origin mission raises new questions about the program’s timeline NASAof the Artemis program, although the space agency was not directly involved in the launch. The company’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket successfully lifted off, but failed to put a commercial satellite into the correct orbit, resulting in the loss of … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology to study asteroid deflection strategies. The program, known as the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Hunter mission, aims to incorporate asteroid detection and deflection capabilities into Blue Origin’s “Blue Ring” spacecraft platform. According to Blue Origin’s official press release, … Read more