NASA has chosen Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to launch two scientific spacecraft to Mars in August 2024. This will be the first time that Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has been used. The contract is worth $79 million. ( source google)
NASA announced Wed that it will send 2 scientific spacecraft to Mars aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket in Aug 2024. Musk’s SpaceX company was initially set to carry the NASA payload on a Falcon Heavy rocket in Oct of this year, alongside NASA’s Psyche mission, which was bound for an asteroid
Yes, Jeff Bezos owns Blue Origin. Bezos founded the company in 2000 and is its sole owner. Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021 to focus on space exploration
Bezos’ vision for Blue Origin is to have millions of people living and working in space. The company is based in Kent, Washington and has made progress with its space technologies. Blue Origin was the first company to successfully launch, land, and reuse a rocket. It also has a New Shepard vehicle that can take four passengers to space.
Bezos also owns The Washington Post, which he bought in 2003.
Bezos chose the name “Blue Origin” because it represents the blue planet, Earth, which is the origin of humanity. The name also symbolizes the beginning of a journey from Earth to space.
Bezos says he named the company Blue Origin because Earth is the blue planet and “this is the planet we have to save”. Blue Origin’s vision is to allow people to use space’s resources and move damaging industries into space to preserve Earth.
Blue Origin’s motto is the Latin phrase Gradatim Ferociter, which means “step by step, ferociously
Blue Origin’s goals include: Space tourism, Orbital launches, Satellite launches, Sustainable return to the Moon, Spacefaring colonization.
Blue Origin’s long-term goal is to move all polluting industries off Earth. The company is also working to reduce its carbon emissions by investing in carbon capture and storage and green technology.
Blue Origin’s other goals include:
- Making space travel more affordable and accessible
- Developing advanced rockets
- Creating reusable launch vehicles
- Creating in-space systems
Blue Origin has not officially announced a Mars mission. However, Blue Origin is the first private space company to be contracted by NASA to go to Mars.
The mission is called Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE). It will launch two small satellites that will study how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetosphere. The mission is expected to launch in August 2024.
Blue Origin is also developing a landing system for NASA’s Artemis V mission to the Moon. This mission will prepare for future manned missions to Mars(source google)
As of June 2023, Blue Origin has launched 30 people into space. These include:
- Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin’s founder and CEO
- Wally Funk: Aviation pioneer
- William Shatner: Star Trek star
- Michael Strahan: TV personality
- Marty Allen: Space tourism mission participant
- Sharon Hagle: Space tourism mission participant
- Marc Hagle: Space tourism mission participant
- Jim Kitchen: Space tourism mission participant
- Gary Lai: Space tourism mission participant
- Dr. George Nield: Space tourism mission participant
Blue Origin has also launched other company employees, celebrities, and business figures.
Blue Origin’s first crewed flight was on July 20, 2021. It included Bezos, Funk, and two others. The second crewed flight was in October 2021 and included Shatner.
Blue Origin has also sent six people to suborbital space on a New Shepard flight.
Yes, NASA is involved with Blue Origin. NASA and Blue Origin are working together on several projects, including:
- Commercial space transportation: Developing a safe, affordable, and frequent way for crews and other missions to access orbit
- Orbital crew transport: Developing a system to transport astronauts and cargo to low Earth orbit
- Blue Moon landing system: Developing a 52-foot lander for NASA’s Artemis V mission
NASA has also invested in Blue Origin. NASA and the United States Space Force are two of Blue Origin’s most recent investors.
NASA is also working with other private companies, including: SpaceX, Northrop Grumman(source google)
Yes, NASA selected Blue Origin to develop the second lunar lander for the Artemis program. NASA chose Blue Origin because of its technical strengths, such as its lower cost and aggressive schedule of test flights. The lander is expected to be fully reusable and could take flight as soon as the end of the decade.
NASA also selected a Blue Origin-led team to develop the second lunar landing system. The team includes: Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, Honeybee Robotics.(source google full article)
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