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 plans to send the VIPER mission to the Moon in 2027 aboard a Blue Origin launch.
The aft module for Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander recently transitioned from a test fixture to a low-test stand for processing.
Blue Origin plans to begin operational deployment of Blue Ring this spring.
SpaceX and Blue Origin provide direct tourism services to space tourism customers.
The NEO Hunter mission will integrate planetary defense technologies into Blue Origin's Blue Ring modular vehicle.
Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than late 2027.
SpaceX and Blue Origin launch suborbital or orbital flights for high-net-worth individuals.
SpaceX filed a response to Blue Origin’s FCC application and asked the commission to apply Amazon’s objections to SpaceX’s proposal when reviewing Blue Origin’s filing.
Blue Origin launched Blue Ring aboard the New Glenn rocket last year.
Blue Origin has suspended its New Shepard manned program for at least two years.
Blue Origin is working with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech to develop the NEO Hunter mission.
Blue Origin worked on its first commercial mission with Scout Space.
Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 mission will carry NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar surface.
Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander has its aft module and LOX/LH2 tanks in assembly.
Blue Origin filed an FCC application for a 51,000-plus-satellite orbital data center network called Project Sunrise.
Blue Origin plans to apply Blue Ring in telecommunications orbits around Mars.
Blue Origin is testing its first Blue Moon Mark 1 lunar lander, Endurance, ahead of a launch later in 2026.
Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander is moving through the production line at Lunar Plant 1 in Florida.
Blue Origin, Firefly, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and United Launch Alliance have transitioned existing launch or reentry licenses under Part 450 ahead of a March 2026 deadline.
Artemis III will validate the integration of Orion with Human Landing Systems developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.