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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Amazon has secured over 100 launches across United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, SpaceX, and Blue Origin to support the Amazon Leo deployment ramp-up.
Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and ULA have transitioned to Part 450 launch licensing requirements.
Operators that transitioned legacy licenses by the March 9, 2026 deadline include Blue Origin New Shepard, Firefly Aerospace Alpha, SpaceX Falcon 9, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, SpaceX Dragon, Rocket Lab Electron, and United Launch Alliance Atlas and Vulcan.
Blue Origin bid for the reopened Artemis III landing contract.
Blue Origin paused other internal projects to focus most of its resources on lunar work.
NASA did not modify Blue Origin’s contract after the review.
NASA is evaluating new proposals from SpaceX and Blue Origin to preserve a 2028 lunar mission target.
SpaceX is developing the Starship lunar lander and Blue Origin is developing the Blue Moon lunar lander.
NASA has contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers for the Human Landing System.
Government Task Agreements allow SpaceX and Blue Origin to use NASA facilities and services.
Elizabeth Sanchez Chang completed internships at Vast and Blue Origin.
Telesat is presenting Lightspeed as part of Canadian sovereignty and defense solutions amid emerging global competitors such as Blue Origin’s TeraWave network.
Starship V3 is being developed to compete with Blue Origin for future Artemis Moon flights.
SpaceX and Blue Origin receive multi-year funding to build and test lunar landers that are not yet operational.
Blue Origin hired Tory Bruno as its president of national security four days after his resignation from ULA, to lead a new National Security Group.
SpaceX and Blue Origin hold central roles in Artemis as providers of Human Landing Systems (HLS).
The Human Landing System is split between SpaceX’s Starship variant and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon as of the revised Artemis plan.
The ULA Vulcan, Arianespace Ariane 6, and Blue Origin New Glenn heavy-lift rockets faced development delays as of early 2026.
Amazon originally booked 77 launches with United Launch Alliance (Vulcan), Arianespace (Ariane 6), and Blue Origin (New Glenn).
The Artemis III mission could proceed without SpaceX Starship and potentially feature only Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander if that hardware is ready on time.