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 holds a contract to support NASA’s Artemis lunar landing efforts.
Blue Origin is pausing New Shepard crewed flights to concentrate personnel and budget on developing heavy rockets and lunar landers for sending humans to the Moon.
Blue Origin, led by Jeff Bezos, will pause crewed tourist flights of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for at least two years.
Amazon converted 12 of the 15 previously announced additional optional launches on Blue Origin's New Glenn into firm orders.
Blue Origin's New Shepard uses a hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine.
Dave Limp informed Blue Origin employees about the pause of the New Shepard program.
Blue Origin staff were surprised internally by the decision to pause the New Shepard program.
Blue Origin will pause New Shepard flights for no less than two years.
Dave Limp is the CEO of Blue Origin.
Blue Origin had four new New Shepard boosters in various states of development when the program was paused.
Blue Origin positions its shift of resources as supporting the United States’ goal of returning to the Moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence.
Blue Origin reports that New Shepard has a multi-year customer backlog.
Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard program.
Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard program for no less than two years.
Blue Origin will redirect resources from New Shepard flights to accelerate development of the company's human lunar capabilities.
AST SpaceMobile selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle in November 2024 as part of its launch campaign for its cellular broadband network.
AST SpaceMobile is a customer on Blue Origin’s NG-3 mission.
AST SpaceMobile scheduled the BlueBird 7 launch for late February from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Blue Origin’s New Glenn.
Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos.
Blue Origin will launch TeraWave, a satellite communications network intended to offer high-connectivity services to companies, data centers, and governments.