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 awarded a potential contract to Blue Origin for delivering the VIPER rover to the Moon’s south pole in late 2027.
The launch of ESCAPADE is scheduled to occur no earlier than fall on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
NASA has contracted Blue Origin to transport the VIPER rover to the Moon for $190 million.
Blue Origin's first Blue Moon landing could occur ahead of SpaceX's Starship lunar lander for the Artemis program.
Blue Origin's MK1 robotic lander will deliver VIPER to the lunar south pole.
Blue Origin must demonstrate that Blue Moon can land on the Moon before receiving the full award.
Blue Moon Mark 1 is the lander that Blue Origin will use to take VIPER to the Moon.
The hiring of Dave Limp as Blue Origin's CEO in late 2023 has changed the company culture.
Blue Origin will use the second unit of the Blue Moon MK1 lander to transport VIPER to the Moon in late 2027.
NASA will award a $190 million contract to Blue Origin for delivering the 450-kilogram VIPER rover on the second Mark I lander if the first flight goes well.
NASA selected Blue Origin to transport the VIPER rover to the lunar south pole as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
NASA is leading a program called 'Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development (CLD)' for developing private space stations, which includes Axiom Space, Blue Origin, and Starlab Space.
NASA is considering handling the delivery of the reactor to the Moon using cargo versions of Human Landing System reactors from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2027 using a second Blue Moon MK1 lander.
NASA awarded a task order through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Blue Origin to transport VIPER to the Moon's south polar region in late 2027.
Blue Origin is responsible for the complete landing mission architecture for the lunar volatiles science rover.
VIPER will be transported to the Moon by Blue Origin's lunar lander, Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1), as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in late 2027.
There is an option on the contract to deliver and safely deploy the rover to the Moon’s surface, pending review of the base task and Blue Origin’s first flight of the Blue Moon MK1 lander.
NASA awarded Blue Origin a CLPS task order to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region.
This is the second CLPS lunar delivery awarded to Blue Origin.