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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Blue Origin's prior reusable booster Never Tell Me the Odds landed successfully in November 2025.
Blue Origin successfully landed New Glenn 3 on the floating platform Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean.
Blue Origin owns the New Glenn 3 rocket.
AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 mission failed on a Blue Origin New Glenn 3 launch on the 19th.
Blue Origin used different engines on Never Tell Me the Odds than on the rocket that launched NASA's Escapade satellites.
Blue Origin's New Glenn 3 second-stage failure cast doubt on the rocket system's reliability.
Blue Origin's reusable rockets are designed for up to 25 flights each.
Blue Origin’s NG-3 mission achieved nominal booster recovery but did not deliver the mission its customer expected.
AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 launched aboard Blue Origin’s third New Glenn mission did not reach its intended orbit.
Blue Origin successfully recovered the first stage booster on the BlueBird 7 mission.
Blue Origin launched BlueBird 7 for AST SpaceMobile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:25 a.m. EDT.
Blue Origin is leading the NG-3 anomaly investigation with FAA oversight.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn booster recovery on the third mission was nominal.
Blue Origin is in steady communication with AST SpaceMobile about the NG-3 mission.
Blue Origin is assessing the NG-3 orbital anomaly and will provide more detailed information later.
Blue Origin placed the NG-3 payload into an off-nominal orbit.
The third New Glenn mission was the first reuse of a New Glenn booster by Blue Origin.
Blue Origin confirmed payload separation for the NG-3 mission.
Blue Origin’s NG-3 mission experienced an off-nominal orbital insertion on 19 April 2026.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after an approximately 40-minute hold.