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Blue Origin (Eng) (Fr)

 

Blue Origin was created by CEO Jeff Bezos, of Amazon.com. Their objective is to design a vehicle that will take a small number of astronauts on a sub-orbital journey. They have offices near Seattle and own a launch base in Texas. Credit for pictures: Blue Origin.

 

Blue Origin

New Shepard: vertical take-off, vertical-landing vehicle
Altitude: +100km
Capacity: a small number of astronauts
In 2006: launch and landing of Goddard – a first development vehicle
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