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 Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lander is designed to deliver up to 3 metric tons of payload to any location on the lunar surface.
Blue Origin's lunar lander, Blue Moon, won a NASA contract in 2023.
Blue Origin is expected to build and launch two MK LM landers in close succession.
NASA is advised to shift course and work with Blue Origin on the Blue Moon Mk1 lander.
Blue Origin will attempt an uncrewed Blue Moon Mk1 lunar landing early in 2029.
Tory Bruno is the new head of the national security division of Blue Origin.
Blue Origin's BE-4 engine powers both the New Glenn rocket and the first stage of ULA's Vulcan Centaur.
Jeff Bezos welcomed Tory Bruno on X on December 26, 2024, and included Blue Origin's motto, 'Gradatim Ferociter.'
Blue Origin is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Blue Origin conducted flights numbered NG-1 and NG-2 in 2025.
Development of the Vulcan rocket and Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines took longer than originally expected.
In 2018, United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin to supply BE-4 engines for the Vulcan rocket.
Both SpaceX and Blue Origin experienced many failures in their booster recovery attempts before achieving successful landings.
Blue Origin successfully landed the first stage of its New Glenn rocket in a recent mission.
Blue Origin successfully landed its heavy-lift New Glenn booster on its second attempt in November 2025.
The NS-37 launch symbolically closed the operational year for Blue Origin in 2025.
The New Shepard program has been the foundation of Blue Origin's suborbital human flight activities for several years.
Dave Limp confirmed the successful outcome of the NS-37 flight and the direct involvement of the Blue Origin team and astronauts.
NASA selected Blue Origin to deliver the rover to the Moon's South Pole using a Blue Moon MK1 lander currently in production.
Blue Origin successfully completed the NS-37 launch, marking a significant event in 2025 for commercial suborbital spaceflight.