Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin postpones NS-24 mission lift-off, now set for Tuesday launch
Technology | Dec 19, 2023, 05:23 PM ISTThe launch was initially set for December 18 at 9:30 a.m. EST (8:00 p.m. IST) from Blue Origin's West Texas site, and it faced an hour delay due to cold temperatures. Later, the mission was scrubbed ultimately, because of a ground system issue.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos is now engaged to his 'journalist girlfriend' I PICS Inside
World | May 23, 2023, 06:10 PM ISTAmazon's founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend got engaged recently, a media report claimed.
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Jeff Bezos makes a rare visit at Washington Post amid layoffs fears
Technology | Jan 20, 2023, 03:47 PM ISTThe newspaper shut its Sunday magazine and laid off 11 newsroom employees late last year. The publication has struggled to expand its subscription business, with fewer paying subscribers last year than the three million it had in 2020.
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Jeff Bezos honoured with Philanthropy Award at Vatican: Here is how his girlfriend reacted
Technology | Oct 20, 2022, 05:47 PM ISTJeff Bezos, founder of Amazon has been awarded for his philanthropy work in Vatican. Founder of the huge e-commerce platforms has received the ‘Galileo Prophets of Philanthropy Award’ for his work where he donated to causes. Jeff said that he ‘cannot think of a better place to confront the problems.
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Jeff Bezos rocket fails during liftoff, only experiments aboad
Science | Sep 12, 2022, 11:14 PM ISTThe mishap occurred as the rocket was travelling nearly 1,126 kph at an altitude of about 28,000 feet. There was no video shown of the rocket - only the capsule - after the failure occurred.
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Blue Origin conducts 4th flight to edge of space with 6 people
Science | Apr 01, 2022, 09:36 AM ISTBlue Origin is owned by entrepreneur Jeff Bezos. The company completed its fourth flight with a crew on Thursday.
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Gautam Adani adds $49 billion wealth in 2021, higher than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk
Business | Mar 17, 2022, 11:00 AM ISTMukesh Ambani, who runs the oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries, continues to be the richest Indian with a wealth of USD 103 billion, a 24 per cent rise year-on-year.
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Recap 2021 - A year of space tourism, launch of biggest telescope and many milestones | Pics, Videos
Science | Dec 30, 2021, 05:49 PM IST2021 was a big year in the world of science. The world witnessed millionaires conduct space explorations, NASA launch James Webb Telescope, China bringing back a sample to earth from the moon, and many more milestones. Here is a list of the biggest moments in science with mind-blowing pictures and videos from out of the world (literally).
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Obama Foundation receives 'largest individual contribution' from Bezos
World | Nov 23, 2021, 08:30 AM ISTLast year, Bezos committed to spend $10 billion by 2030 to enhance climate change efforts through his Bezos Earth Fund. In recent months, he has released some details on how he plans to spend that money.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space
Science | Oct 26, 2021, 12:05 PM ISTBlue Origin said that the new space station Orbital Reef will be habitable for up to 10 people. It will become operational by 2030.
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'Star Trek' fame William Shatner makes world record, becomes oldest person to go to space
offbeat | Oct 14, 2021, 11:15 AM ISTWilliam Shatner has broken the record of aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who, at 83, became the oldest person to have ever flown to space.
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Jeff Bezos shares old article predicting Amazon will fail, Elon Musk replies
World | Oct 11, 2021, 05:28 PM ISTJeff Bezos shares an old newspaper clipping predicting Amazon will fail. Here is what Elon Musk replied.
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Blue Origin's second crewed flight to blast off on Oct 12
Science | Sep 28, 2021, 02:42 PM ISTOn July 20, Blue Origin successfully carried its first human flight which included Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin's first customer, Oliver Daemen.
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Jeff Bezos installs ice cream-making 'truck' at his Beverly Hills home
World | Aug 23, 2021, 06:03 PM ISTBezos, 57, is the first customer to have one such ice cream making in his home, according to CVT's Instagram.
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NASA suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November
World | Aug 20, 2021, 02:58 PM ISTAccording to court filings, NASA voluntarily agreed to temporarily suspend the contract until November 1, this year, while the US Court of Federal Claims adjudicated the case, the Verge reported on Friday.
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Louis Vuitton Chief Bernard Arnault overtakes Jeff Bezos as world's richest person
World | Aug 07, 2021, 08:25 AM ISTLVHM comprises 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton, Sephora, Tiffany & Co, Stella McCartney, Gucci, Christian Dior and Givenchy, which are independently managed and operated under the LVMH umbrella.
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US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract
Science | Jul 31, 2021, 04:53 PM ISTBlue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics had filed a protest with the US GAO against NASA for awarding a $2.9 billion contracts to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
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Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 bn discount for human lunar lander mission
World | Jul 27, 2021, 10:54 AM ISTAmid protests from Bezos-owned Blue Origin, the US space agency in May suspended work on the $2.9 billion lunar lander contract given to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX.
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Maharashtra-born Sanjal Gavande behind Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space rocket
News | Jul 21, 2021, 12:00 PM ISTA 30-year-old woman from Maharashtra is part of the team of engineers that built Blue Origin's suborbital space rocket New Shephard, which will carry Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space on July 20. A systems engineer at the spaceflight services company, Sanjal Gavande was born in Kalyan and dreamed of building a spaceship even as a child.
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Jeff Bezos travels to edge of space in Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket | View breathtaking photos
World | Jul 20, 2021, 09:45 PM ISTWorld's richest man and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spent a few minutes into space on Tuesday when he travelled in Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, on its first human mission. The founder of Blue Origin, Bezos was accompanied by brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and 18-year-old passenger Oliver Daemen.