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 Phase 3 contracts awarded to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA are potentially worth $5,600,000,000 over five years.
As part of the Phase 3 contract, Blue Origin will receive $5,000,000 to conduct an initial capabilities assessment of its mission assurance.
Earlier in the year the Space Force awarded Blue Origin nearly $18,000,000 for NSSL Phase 3 early integration studies to assess the capabilities of the New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin will receive $5,000,000 to conduct an initial capabilities assessment and define its approach to tiered mission assurance for NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1.
Space Systems Command awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance.
Amazon’s Kuiper program contracted up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance, which is characterized as the largest commercial launch deal and could imply launch Capex as high as $6,000,000,000 to $10,000,000,000 at current market prices.
NASA officials received a briefing from Blue Origin about the New Shepard parachute issue during a 2025-05-31 briefing about the upcoming Boeing CST-100 Starliner crewed test flight.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital flight on 2024-05-19 experienced a parachute issue in which one of three parachutes failed to completely open during crew capsule return.
Dylan Taylor is the founder and CEO of Voyager Space and a commercial astronaut flying as a member of the NS-19 crew for Blue Origin.
Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight was aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle during a suborbital trip on May 19, 2024.
Interlune, a startup founded by former Blue Origin executives, aims to harvest helium-3 for applications like medical imaging and quantum computing.
Blue Origin is developing the Blue Moon lander to help build lunar infrastructure.
Blue Origin completed its seventh human spaceflight with the crewed NS-25 mission.
New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:35 a.m. Eastern on 2024-05-19.
An investigation found the NS-23 mishap was caused by structural failure of the BE-3PM engine nozzle caused by temperatures higher than designed, requiring Blue Origin to make design changes.
Blue Origin’s NS-25 will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, 2024-05-19.
Blue Origin’s NS-25 launch window opens at 8:30 AM CDT / 1330 UTC.
Mark Kirasich held key leadership positions at NASA and Blue Origin prior to joining The Exploration Company.
Blue Origin’s Club for the Future provides students access to space on Blue Origin rockets and offers an all-digital method to create and send postcards.
Blue Origin will launch NS-25, the company’s seventh human flight, from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, 2024-05-19.