Layoffs Coming for Blue Origin
Rocket company announces it plans to let go 10 percent of its workforce.
Rocket company announces it plans to let go 10 percent of its workforce.
The Scientific Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) has reserved all six seats on an upcoming flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
The latest wrinkle in the long-standing feud between billionaire CEOs Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk sees the former lodge a public complaint with the regulator.
The launch is the first since September 2022 when an FAA investigation grounded the space tourism venture.
The space tourism firm could fly a cargo mission as soon as Monday as it seeks to get back into the commercial space race.
The agency had grounded Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket, which it uses to bring paying customers to the edge of the atmosphere.
After current CEO Bob Smith’s tumultuous tenure, can Limp get Jeff Bezos’ space tourism baby back in orbit?
First flight for paying customers comes as Blue Origin’s New Shepard remains sidelined.
Agency last year picked SpaceX to provide a lander for first missions to the lunar surface.
After a severe accident, Justin Falls persevered to achieve his dream to fly.