“They have a customer focus. We should too.”
William Shatner to fly on Blue Origin’s next human spaceflight on October 12
Blue Origin’s next passenger list will include TV and film space exploration veteran William Shatner, along with Blue Origin’s own Audrey Powers, who serves as the company’s Voice President of Mission & Flight Operations. These two will round out the four-person crew that includes previously announced passengers Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries, on a […]
Chief Blue Origin complaint author disputes cause of termination, while the space company’s CEO does damage control
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith wasted no time responding to allegations of a hostile work environment, sending an internal letter to employees Thursday encouraging staff to speak to him directly or via an in-house anonymous hotline with their concerns. Of course, it’s standard practice for companies like Blue Origin to prefer handling complaints internally rather […]
Blue Origin has a toxic culture, former and current employees say
“Professional dissent at Blue Origin is actively stifled.”
Current and former employees raise major safety concerns, allegations of sexual harassment at Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos just can’t get away from labor issues. The beleaguered billionaire, who has faced repeated and persistent criticism over working conditions at the company he formerly led, Amazon, is now facing allegations of a hostile work environment at his space company Blue Origin. An essay jointly composed by 21 current and former employees paints […]
SpaceX, Blue Origin awarded NASA contracts to develop moon lander concepts for future Artemis missions
NASA has awarded a combined $146 million in contracts to five companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics, to develop lander concepts as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The awards include $26.5 million to Blue Origin; $40.8 million to Dynetics; $35.2 million to Lockheed Martin; $34.8 million to Northrop Grumman; and $9.4 million to […]
Blue Origin hires advisory firm linked to messy JEDI contract process
Pallas Advisors was co-founded by two former advisors to Jim Mattis.
CryptoPunks blasts past $1 billion in lifetime sales as NFT speculation surges
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Watch Blue Origin launch a test of NASA’s future Moon landing tech live
Blue Origin’s last launch was its landmark first human flight, carrying Jeff Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen to suborbital space. Today, it’s flying New Shepard again — without any people on board, this time, but with a key payload from NASA that will test technologies the agency is using to develop a […]
First images of Blue Origin’s “Project Jarvis” test tank
“The reason I like vertical landing is because it scales so well.”