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Jeff Bezos space firm Blue Origin to cut a 10th of jobs

Jeff Bezos space firm Blue Origin to cut a tenth of jobs

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly laying off almost 1,400 employees, about 10% of its workforce. The job cuts signal a pivot for the space firm, which said it wanted to trim managerial ranks and focus its resources on ramping up launches of its giant New Glenn rocket.

Space on MSN · 21h

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting late spring for 2nd launch of powerful New Glenn rocket

New Glenn, which has been in development for about a decade, can carry 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO). Its 23-foot-wide (7 m) payload fairing — the shell that surrounds and protects satellites during launch — is larger than that of any operational rocket.

GeekWire · 14h

Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time, marking a milestone for Jeff Bezos

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket in Florida: Best photos from X, Instagram

Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket − for the first time ... Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The photos and video clips (turn up the sound to hear ...

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Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Rocket Lifts Off on First Flight

Gregg Newton/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Orbit On First Attempt— What To Know

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first ... Rodríguez Carrillo/Getty Images) “I’m incredibly proud New Glenn achieved orbit on its first attempt ...

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Bezos vs. Musk billionaire space race gets serious with launches on same day – but who will win?

Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world, successfully blasted off a 320-foot-tall rocket ship made by his ... New Glenn rockets into space. Getty Images for The New York Times “They ...

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