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 is certifying New Glenn with the U.S. Space Force to meet emerging national security objectives.
The U.S. Space Force’s Assured Access to Space Certification Team observed the second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn.
Commercial launch partners like Blue Origin must be certified before carrying national security payloads into space.
Lt. Col. Brian Scheller congratulated Blue Origin on the successful NG-2 launch as a step towards delivering critical warfighting capabilities to orbit.
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's space company, postponed the launch of its New Glenn rocket due to risks from this week's solar event.
Blue Origin became the second company in history to recover the first stage of an orbital launch rocket.
The Blue Origin New Glenn launch was part of the certification process to ensure the launch system is ready to deliver USSF satellites.
Blue Origin is the second company after SpaceX to successfully land an orbital booster during an operational flight.
Blue Origin failed to recover the booster during the inaugural New Glenn launch in January.
New Glenn’s certification continues with the NG-2 mission as part of Blue Origin’s agreement with the NSSL program.
Elon Musk congratulated Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin team in a tweet on November 13, 2025.
Blue Origin has accelerated the development of its launch vehicles and human transport systems in recent years.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp expressed pride in the team for achieving full mission success.
The formal certification process with Blue Origin began with the approval of their New Entrant Certification plan in 2022.
Blue Origin achieved the milestone of landing the first stage booster of its New Glenn rocket during its second-ever flight on November 13.
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket for the second time on November 13, with the booster landing accomplished.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launched for the second time on October 20, 2023, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE mission.
Blue Origin successfully landed the booster during New Glenn’s second flight on November 13.
Blue Origin's second flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) was scrubbed due to extreme solar storms.
The booster touchdown was part of a flight performed by Blue Origin.