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 encouraged the development of Dream Chaser and Blue Origin but did not fund them for crew launches.
Blue Origin's New Shepard flight in 2021 reached an altitude of 107 kilometers, surpassing the Kármán Line.
The reusable New Shepard rocket-and-capsule combo was scheduled to lift off from Blue Origin’s West Texas site at 9 a.m. EDT on Thursday, 2024-08-29.
New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:07 a.m. Eastern on 2024-08-29.
Blue Origin flew six people on a New Shepard suborbital spaceflight designated NS-26 on 2024-08-29.
Blue Origin completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th flight of the New Shepard program on Thursday, 2024-08-29.
Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket-capsule combo is scheduled to lift off from the West Texas Suborbital Launch Site (Corn Ranch) at 9 a.m. EDT on Thursday, 2024-08-29.
Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin recommended abandoning plans to use SpaceX and Blue Origin technologies for Moon landings in favor of government-run programs.
Blue and Gold are scheduled to ship to Cape Canaveral in August 2024 for integration onto Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar launch campaign for Project Kuiper includes Arianespace, Blue Origin, and SpaceX to help deploy more than 3,200 satellites.
NASA awarded a task order in February 2023 valued at $20,000,000 to procure the launch of the ESCAPADE spacecraft on New Glenn.
Blue Origin's recommendation includes options to cap the launch rate of Starship operations to minimize environmental impacts.
Blue Origin submitted feedback indicating that Starship operations could have a greater environmental impact than existing launch systems at Kennedy Space Center.
Blue Origin plans to deprioritize New Shepard to focus on the New Glenn launch vehicle and other projects.
Blue Origin resumed crewed New Shepard flights after a hiatus since August 2022.
William Shatner received the Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award at the ISDC for his role on Star Trek and his flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard in 2021.
Blue Origin operates a commercial spaceport in West Texas.
Blue Origin communicated with NASA regarding the parachute problem after the NS-25 flight.
Space Systems Command awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International Inc., General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication terminal prototypes.
Blue Origin’s selection for NSSL Phase 3 marks the first time Blue Origin has been selected to launch sensitive national security satellites.