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Updated Tue, Jul 20 2021 7:49 AM EDT Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email Blue Origin live updates: Jeff Bezos’ company prepares to launch first crewed spaceflight Michael Sheetz Blue Origin is livestreaming its first passenger spaceflight on Tuesday, carrying founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, and Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen.The company’s broadcast is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m.
EDT.
1 Min Ago Oldest and youngest in space Wally Funk Blue Origin Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is set to carry both the oldest and youngest person in space .The rocket’s passengers include aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, 82, and physics student Oliver Daeman, 18.
VIDEO 1:37 01:37 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to send 18-year-old physics student to space News Videos Daeman is known as New Shepard’s ” first paying customer .” The 18-year-old is the son of Dutch private equity firm Somerset Capital Partners CEO Joes Daemen, who paid for the seat in last month’s public auction and chose to fly Oliver instead.
The student takes the place of the still-anonymous $28 million winning bidder of the auction , who cited “scheduling conflicts” for postponing their flight.
— Hannah Miao
4 Min Ago The rocket and capsule The New Shepard booster on the landing pad after NS-15’s successful mission on April 14, 2021.Blue Origin Blue Origin’s spaceflight system New Shepard, named in honor of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, stands 60 feet tall and has two major pieces: The rocket booster and the capsule.
The booster is powered by a single liquid-fueled BE-3 engine, generating 110,000 pound feet of thrust at sea level and able to throttle down to less than 20% power for its slow, soft landings.After launching, the booster will disconnect from the capsule and then guide itself back in to attempt to land on a concrete pad near where it launched from, firing its engine to slow down and extending a set of four legs to touch down.
The interior of the latest New Shepard capsule Blue Origin The capsule is designed to carry up to six passengers.
Fully autonomous, there is no human pilot on board during the launches.It is pressurized, with a climate control system, and has the largest windows that have flown in space to date.
Jeff Bezos opens the hatch of a New Shepard capsule after an uncrewed test flight on April 14, 2021.Blue Origin — Michael Sheetz
12 Min Ago Bezos prepares to launch VIDEO 2:28 02:28 Blue Origin readies to send Bezos to space in first tourism launch Squawk Box 16 Min Ago Livestream begins Blue Origin’s livestream begins, with the launch expected in under 90 minutes.
— Michael Sheetz
27 Min Ago How Bezos sold Amazon shares to fund Blue Origin Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has poured billions into funding Blue Origin.In 2017, Bezos said he would sell $1 billion in Amazon stock annually to invest in the venture.
— Annie Palmer
49 Min Ago The New Shepard rocket and capsule is rolled out to the launch pad Blue Origin Blue Origin rolled out the New Shepard rocket booster and capsule earlier Tuesday, with the spacecraft now standing on the launch pad.
— Michael Sheetz
54 Min Ago The Karman Line debate Virgin Galactic’s Sir Richard Branson (L) and Blue Origin’s founder Jeff Bezos.Getty Images The boundary of space is a perhaps surprisingly controversial topic , made even more so by comments of Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin leadership in recent weeks.
While Virgin Galactic flies above 80 kilometers (or about 262,000 feet), which is the altitude the U.S.recognizes as the boundary of space, while Bezos’ Blue Origin flies above 100 kilometers (or about 328,000 feet), which is commonly known as the Karman Line.
After Branson said he planned to launch just nine days before Bezos’ previously announced spaceflight, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith decried Virgin Galactic’s approach as “a very different experience” because “they’re not flying above the Karman line.”
Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier responded: “We are going above the astronaut line,” adding that it is “the only commercial company that’s flown private astronauts” to date.
Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell broke down the reasons why there is no “real international agreement” on the boundary of space.
Read more here .
— Michael Sheetz
60 Min Ago Differences between Bezos’ and Branson’s rides Bezos’ Blue Origin and Branson’s Virgin Galactic have been developing rocket-powered spacecraft, but that is where the similarities end.
While Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launches vertically from the ground, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo system is released in the air and returns to Earth in a glide for a runway landing, like an aircraft.
And while New Shepard launches autonomously, the Virgin Galactic system is flown by two pilots.
— Michael Sheetz
1 Hour Ago Branson won billionaire space race by nine days VIDEO 1:25 01:25 Here’s a recap of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic journey to the edge of space News Videos Richard Branson launched to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic’s fourth spaceflight on July 11, just nine days before Tuesday’s Blue Origin’s planned launch with Bezos.
While Branson has denied that Virgin Galactic rearranged its spaceflight schedule to beat Bezos, Branson was the first billionaire to fly in space.
— Michael Sheetz
1 Hour Ago CNBC is live at Blue Origin’s facility in the desert: Here is what you should know VIDEO 2:41 02:41 What to know ahead of Jeff Bezos’ historic Blue Origin launch Squawk Box 2 Hours Ago Here’s who’s flying From left: Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos.
via @jeffbezos on Instagram The crew for Tuesday’s flight is Jeff Bezos, who founded Blue Origin and retail giant Amazon , his brother, Mark, aerospace pioneer Wally Funk and Dutch teenager Oliver Daeman.
— Annie Palmer
2 Hours Ago An Apollo anniversary The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A.Armstrong and Edwin E.
Aldrin Jr.aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in this July, 1969 file handout photo.Source: NASA | Reuters Blue Origin is launching its first crew on an already historic date in human spaceflight, July 20.It’s the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing on the moon.
— Michael Sheetz
5 Min Ago Bezos kicks off post-CEO life with trip to space Jeff Bezos is launching into space just two weeks after he stepped down as CEO of Amazon, turning the helm over to Andy Jassy, who ran the company’s cloud-computing unit.Bezos announced in February that he would transition into the role of executive chairman, giving him more time to spend on personal pursuits like Blue Origin and philanthropy.
— Annie Palmer
2 Hours Ago Schedule for the launch Here’s the plan for the 11-minute flight (all times in EDT):
7:30 a.m.: Company webcast begins 8:15 a.m.: The crew leaves Blue Origin’s astronaut training center to head to the New Shepard launch pad.8:30 a.m.: Crew climbs the tower.
When they get the “go” from mission control, they will board the crew capsule.8:36 a.m.: Hatch closing 9 a.m.: The New Shepard rocket launches 9:08 a.m.: The rocket booster lands 9:11 a.m.: The crew capsule lands 9:22 a.m.: Hatch opening — Michael Sheetz
2 Hours Ago Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos in 2000, has been testing prototypes of its New Shepard rocket and capsule for more than a decade.On Tuesday, the company is set to put the spacecraft to the ultimate test: its first human spaceflight headlined by Bezos.
— Michael Sheetz.
