Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mimics the moon's gravity for NASA …
3 days ago · Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home.. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas. The company later confirmed that roughly two minutes of artificial lunar gravity were achieved by spinning the capsule 11 times a minute.
Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon - NASA
3 days ago · The test began on February 4, 2025, with the 10:00 a.m. CST launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system in West Texas. With support from NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, the company, headquartered in Kent, Washington, enhanced the flight capabilities of its New Shepard capsule to replicate the Moon’s gravity ...
NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
May 19, 2023 · Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA’s human landing system requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to the lunar surface, including docking with Gateway, a space station where crew transfer in lunar orbit.
What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket 'moon gravity' …
3 days ago · Blue Origin's NS-29 New Shepard rocket will launch a moon gravity flight on Feb. 4 at 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) if all goes well. ... Electrostatic Dust Lofting, NASA Kennedy Space Center: ...
NASA Plans to Assign Missions for Two Future Artemis Cargo …
Nov 19, 2024 · NASA expects to assign demonstration missions to current human landing system providers, SpaceX and Blue Origin, to mature designs of their large cargo landers following successful design certification reviews.
NASA taps Blue Origin to join SpaceX in building lunar landers - CNN
May 19, 2023 · Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing against Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop spacecraft intended to ferry astronauts to...
NASA awards Blue Origin $3.4 billion Artemis moon lander contract
May 19, 2023 · Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to build an Artemis lunar lander that will provide a downstream alternative to the...
NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission
Aug 12, 2024 · In an Aug. 6 procurement filing, NASA revealed it selected Blue Origin to fly a camera system to study how engine plumes interact with regolith at south polar regions of the moon, collecting...
NASA selects Blue Origin to develop second Artemis lunar lander
May 19, 2023 · NASA has selected Blue Origin to develop a lunar lander to transport astronauts on Artemis missions starting at the end of the decade.
NASA Selects Blue Origin for Astronaut Mission to the Moon
May 19, 2023 · A rendering of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander that will return astronauts to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.