Blue Origin, founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, is an American aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company. It develops reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles like New Shepard and New Glenn, in-space systems, and lunar landers such as Blue Moon. Blue Origin is also a NASA partner, collaborating on the Artemis program for lunar exploration and working towards a sustainable human presence on the Moon, with partners like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Draper. Key activities include space tourism, satellite deployment capabilities, and advancing technologies to lower space travel costs.
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NASA’s prime contractor network for the Moon Base program includes Aerojet Rocketdyne, Axiom Space, Bechtel, Blue Origin, Boeing, Amentum, Jacobs, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX.
Blue Origin instructs anyone who finds debris to report the location immediately by calling 1-321-222-4355 or emailing MissionRecovery@blueorigin.com.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn was selected on Tuesday to carry two lunar rovers to the lunar surface on a mission before Artemis IV.
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance lander will deliver NASA payloads to the Shackleton Connecting Ridge for Moon Base I.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn first stage exploded during a static fire test at the company’s Cape Canaveral launch pad.
Blue Origin is working on a larger variant of New Glenn.
Blue Origin has launched New Glenn three times.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded at LC-36 during a static fire attempt ahead of NG-4 on May 29, 2026.
Blue Origin's New Glenn LN-01 was vertically positioned at LC-36 awaiting a static fire test on May 29, 2026.
Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 when an explosion occurred.
The LN-01 mission will carry 48 satellites aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin has invested more than $2.3 billion across 500 Florida suppliers since 2015.
Blue Origin developed New Glenn as a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn is aimed at the commercial heavy-lift launch market.
Blue Origin has expanded to 11 sites across Brevard and Orange Counties since 2015.
Amazon Leo has used United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, SpaceX, and Blue Origin as launch providers.
The 500 jobs created by Blue Origin’s Project Horizon are expected to pay an average salary of more than $98,000.
Blue Origin is investing $600 million in a manufacturing facility at Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida.
Blue Origin is currently the only company that both manufactures and launches rockets from within Florida.
Blue Origin is preparing the first operational launch of Amazon’s Leo network on the reusable heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.