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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This is the second CLPS lunar delivery awarded to Blue Origin.
NASA will decide to exercise the option to deliver the rover after reviewing the base task and Blue Origin's first flight of the Blue Moon MK1 lander.
Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2027 using a second Blue Moon MK1 lander.
Blue Origin will conduct design, analysis, and testing of a large lunar lander for the mission.
Blue Origin will handle end-to-end payload integration and post-landing payload deployment activities.
Blue Origin's first delivery is targeted for launch later this year using the Blue Moon Mark 1 robotic lander.
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a CLPS task order to deliver a rover to the moon’s South Pole region.
The total potential value of the CLPS task order awarded to Blue Origin is $190 million.
The launch marks the 35th mission of 'NS-35' from Blue Origin's facility in West Texas.
Blue Origin launched its 'New Shepard' rocket on September 18.
The list of payloads included 24 experiments from NASA's TechRise Student Challenge and thousands of postcards from Blue Origin's non-profit organization, 'Club for the Future.'
NASA has selected Blue Origin to deliver the VIPER rover to the Moon.
The Blue Alchemist in-space resource utilization system developed by Blue Origin has passed its Critical Design Review (CDR).
Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit, flew thousands of postcards as part of its Postcards to Space program.
Audrey Powers is the VP of Mission and Flight Operations at Blue Origin.
Blue Origin completed its 35th New Shepard flight and 15th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas.
Daniel Brown, the REGAL program manager, stated that Blue Origin's contract is for point-to-point transportation using rockets, while Anduril's contract is for the design and analysis of rocket logistics transport containers or re-entry systems.
According to reports, Blue Origin received $1.3 million and Anduril received $1 million in August under the REGAL program.
Blue Origin had previously entered a cooperation agreement with the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) regarding logistics using rockets in 2021.
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) selected Blue Origin and Anduril Industries for a rocket logistics transportation research project.