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Blue Origin secures $700M NASA deal to build Mars communications network by 2028
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— Sep 2, 2026
NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to about $700 million to design, build, and operate a high-performance Mars telecommunications network, delivering a DTN-enabled relay orbiter by end-2028 and achieving operational status around Mars by 2030 to relay science data, imagery, navigation, and mission communications for future missions. The award marks NASA’s shift toward commercially operated interplanetary communications infrastructure and aligns with the Artemis program’s Moon-to-Mars ambitions, even as Blue Origin continues lunar contracts and recovers from a recent launchpad setback.
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for a Mars orbiter is ambitious given they're still sorting out New Glenn's launchpad issues.
New Glenn Nails Mars Launch in Breakthrough Win for Blue Origin
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— Nov 14, 2025
Blue Origin notched a major milestone Thursday as its massive New Glenn rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral and successfully sent a pair of NASA spacecraft on their long trajectory toward Mars — while also completing…
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FAA Releases Minor Rule Change That Keeps Bezos From Being Considered an Astronaut
Reporting
— Jul 25, 2021
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a short trip to space last week — but according to the Federal Aviation Administration, he isn’t technically an astronaut. The billionaire emerged from his Blue Origin spacecraft on…
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Commentary: Rand Paul Demolishes Dems for Tacking Bezos Bailout Onto Bill: ‘Isn’t There Some Remnant of Decency?’
Opinion
— May 29, 2021
Poor Jeff Bezos. His space flight company, Blue Origin, just lost out on a $2.89 billion NASA contract to build a system to land astronauts on the moon in 2024, according to a Fox Business report. Bezos, who recently…
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Italy Scrambles Warships Toward Red Sea As Houthis Close In On Global Shipping Chokepoint
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Lee Ryan loses High Court challenge
Entertainment
— Jul 14, 2026
Blue frontman Lee Ryan, 43, lost High Court bids to overturn his racially aggravated assault conviction from a July 2022 British Airways flight, where he allegedly called a cabin crew member a “sweet chocolate chip cookie,” grabbed her wrists and made race‑related comments after being refused more alcohol; he was originally given a suspended sentence, which has since been revisited for sentencing. He remains set to be sentenced after the High Court rejected challenges to overturn the conviction and return the case to Crown Court.
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