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 Artemis III crew will assist in development and operations of both the SpaceX and Blue Origin lander test articles.
John Couluris is Blue Origin’s senior vice president of lunar permanence.
Blue Origin’s lander pathfinder will launch first for Artemis III and can remain in orbit for multiple weeks.
The Artemis III crew will assist in development and operations of Blue Origin’s and SpaceX’s lander test articles.
SpaceX and Blue Origin plan to each provide a lander for the Artemis III mission in 2027.
Blue Origin is developing a crewed lunar version of its Blue Moon lander.
NASA is supporting Blue Origin and SpaceX through design, development, testing, and evaluation of their landers.
The Artemis III crew is expected to spend about two days docked with a Blue Origin lander test article and about one day docked with a SpaceX Starship pathfinder.
During Artemis III, astronauts are expected to meet Blue Origin’s Mark 1 first and SpaceX’s Starship V3 second.
Orion will rendezvous with Blue Origin’s test article in Earth orbit and spend approximately two days docked for tests and technology demonstrations.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad last month before Artemis III preparations.
Artemis III will demonstrate rendezvous and docking operations with commercial lunar landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Blue Origin and SpaceX are building non-crewed pathfinder versions of their lunar landers for Artemis III.
Artemis III will demonstrate rendezvous and docking with test versions of commercial human landing systems being developed by Blue Origin and SpaceX.
The Artemis III crew will spend about two days docked to Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander.
Blue Origin is expected to inspect GS1-7E02 for possible internal damage from the shockwave.
Blue Origin will move the booster to its manufacturing facility at Rocket Park while it rebuilds the pad.
Blue Origin's GS1-7E02 booster "Never Tell Me The Odds" is returning to Rocket Park.
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office awarded Blue Origin a national security launch task order after the New Glenn incident.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral during a hotfire test on May 28.