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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The flight of Blue Origin’s Mark I lander to the Moon will take seven days.
Isaacman supported Blue Origin's lunar lander contract after initially opposing it.
Notable passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard-31 included singer Katy Perry and television host Gayle King.
Blue Origin's New Shepard-31 flight was a commercial flight categorized under space tourism.
Blue Origin's New Shepard-31 mission included an all-female crew and reached about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the Earth.
NASA is sending a third version of SCALPSS on Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark I lander, which is targeted for launch later this year.
NASA scheduled delivery of the new SCALPSS to Blue Origin by the end of March 2024.
Blue Origin and SpaceX are providing crewed lunar landers to NASA for other commercial customers.
Blue Origin received $7 million to upgrade facilities at its West Texas engine test site.
Blue Origin will launch another New Shepard carrying six private astronauts.
Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, stated that the company had created more bureaucracy and less focus than necessary as it grew significantly.
Blue Origin conducted its first New Glenn orbital launch in January 2025, which was mostly successful despite a failed booster landing.
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, demonstrating the ability to provide simulated lunar gravity for payloads for about two minutes.
Dave Limp was hired by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to make the company more decisive.
Dave Limp stated that Blue Origin has made significant progress over the past year in becoming a world-class manufacturing company.
Blue Origin announced layoffs of about 10% of its workforce, amounting to at least 1,000 employees.
The layoffs at Blue Origin aimed to address concerns by reducing both engineering and management positions.
Rob Meyerson, former president of Blue Origin, referred to the decision not to bid on NASA's commercial crew program in 2012 as a 'monumental turning point' for the company.
EAC1 for HWO could fit inside the seven-meter payload fairing of Blue Origin's New Glenn.
Blue Origin planned to land the first stage of New Glenn on a ship named Jacklyn.