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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Sky Perfect JSAT signed a launch contract with Blue Origin for a yet-to-be-procured satellite to support the business case for the New Glenn launch vehicle.
mu Space released a request for proposal on 2018-06-25 for construction of the satellite it will launch in 2021 on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital launch vehicle has a first stage designed to be reused and will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Rob Meyerson is Senior Vice President of Blue Origin and moved into his current position earlier 2018 to lead a new advanced development programs business within the company.
Jeff Bezos finances Blue Origin in part by selling $1,000,000,000 a year in Amazon.com stock to fund the company.
Blue Origin plans to use frequent New Shepard test flights to build experience for the BE-3 engine, which will also be used on the upper stage of the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle.
Blue Origin proposed developing the Blue Moon lander as a public-private partnership with NASA but will develop Blue Moon alone if necessary.
The BE-4 engine is being developed for Blue Origin’s New Glenn and is a competitor to serve as the first-stage engine for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
Blue Origin expects the BE-4 engine to complete qualification testing by the end of the year.
Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance are working on the details of a production contract for Blue Origin to supply BE-4 engines to ULA.
Blue Origin expected to perform several New Shepard test flights 2018 to ensure the vehicle reached a stable configuration.
New Shepard flew for the eighth time on 2018-04-29 from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site.
Ariane Cornell is head of astronaut strategy and sales at Blue Origin and hosted the webcast of the 2018-04-29 mission.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle performed its first suborbital test flight in more than four months on 2018-04-29.
Blue Origin had planned a target altitude of 107 km for the 2018-04-29 flight to push the vehicle’s performance envelope.
Payload customers on New Shepard Mission 8 included NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the commercial communications firm Solstar, and the first European customers funded by the German national space agency DLR.
Blue Origin's New Shepard flew for the seventh time on 2017-12-12 from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site.