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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From October 2018 through December 2020 the Air Force paid Blue Origin $255,000,000 for New Glenn development costs in exchange for access to engineering data under a terminated agreement originally valued at $500,000,000.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn first stage is designed to be reusable and is powered by seven BE-4 engines manufactured by Blue Origin.
Amazon signed deals for 83 commercial launches with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and ULA, and Amazon plans to start launching its Project Kuiper satellites in the first half of 2024.
Rob Lillis has had 15 meetings with Blue Origin since NASA selected New Glenn to launch ESCAPADE.
NASA selected Blue Origin on 2023-02-09 to launch the agency’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft to Mars in 2024.
Blue Origin implemented additional nozzle design changes that improved structural performance under thermal and dynamic loads.
Blue Origin implemented corrective actions including design changes to the combustion chamber and operating parameters that reduced engine nozzle bulk and hot-streak temperatures.
Blue Origin implemented corrective actions including design changes to the combustion chamber and operating parameters that reduced engine nozzle bulk and hot-streak temperatures.
Blue Origin is implementing additional design changes to the BE-3PM nozzle to improve structural performance under thermal and dynamic loads.
Blue Origin is working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration to close out the NS-23 investigation.
Blue Origin is implementing corrective actions that include design changes to the combustion chamber and operating parameters which have reduced engine nozzle bulk and hot-streak temperatures.
Blue Origin stated that the New Shepard Crew Capsule escape system worked as designed on NS-23, bringing the capsule and its payloads to a safe landing at Launch Site One with no damage.
Amazon acquired up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance in April 2022 to deploy its Kuiper constellation.
Blue Origin holds a NASA award dated 2023-02-09, to launch the ESCAPADE Mars smallsat mission on New Glenn, scheduled for late 2024.
NASA is supporting the investigation into the anomaly in Blue Origin's New Shepard flight from September 2022.
SubC is working with Blue Origin on the escape system of the New Shepard vehicle and Virgin Galactic on the propulsion system of SpaceShipTwo.
Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic do not require pressure suits for passengers on their commercial suborbital vehicles.
Blue Origin is studying operational-focused upgrades to New Shepard intended to reduce turnaround time between flights while producing little visible difference for customers.
Blue Origin is under contract with NASA for a reduced-gravity New Shepard flight tentatively planned for later 2023.
Blue Origin is offering the option to fly payloads on New Shepard’s propulsion module for both research and tourism flights, including options to expose payloads for atmospheric sampling or to deploy instruments.