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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Blue Origin could compete for Lane 2 if its New Glenn completes three flights and receives certification.
Blue Origin produces reusable liquid rocket engines and is developing the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle.
NASA awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Three teams led by Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman won funded Space Act Agreements in late 2021 under the Commercial LEO Destinations program to develop station concepts.
Blue Origin was one of 13 companies NASA selected for VADR contracts in 2022.
ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Space Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Blue Origin manufactured a working solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants.
NASA selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn to launch the two ESCAPADE spacecraft on 2024-02-09.
Blue Origin previously won a contract from Amazon in April 2023 for 12 Project Kuiper launches with an option for 15 additional launches.
The Blue Origin award for launching ESCAPADE is listed in a government procurement database with a value of $20,000,000 and $6,000,000 obligated to date as of 2023-02-10.
NASA’s Launch Services Program awarded Blue Origin’s New Glenn the ESCAPADE launch contract on 2023-02-09.
DARPA started the DRACO program with three Phase 1 awards in April 2021 to teams led by Blue Origin, General Atomics, and Lockheed Martin to develop preliminary reactor and spacecraft designs.
Patrick Zeitouni led Blue Origin’s Space Mobility program and created a new business with more than 200 engineers to deliver a new spacecraft.
As head of Blue Origin’s Space Mobility program, Patrick Zeitouni created a new business with more than 200 engineers to deliver a new spacecraft.
Blue Origin and Dynetics each received awards in September 2021 from NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix N effort to support work on future lunar landers.
Giovanni Greco was previously the chief engineer and senior technical director of the New Shepard program at Blue Origin.
Doug Kunzman was a Senior Director of New Shepard Operations and Maintenance at Blue Origin.
Blue Origin announced plans in 2020 to manufacture BE-4 engines and other engines in Huntsville, Alabama.
Space Systems Command seeks Blue Origin to challenge United Launch Alliance and SpaceX when their five-year NSSL contracts are up for recompete in 2024.
From October 2018 through December 2020, Blue Origin was paid $255,500,000 under the original six-year Launch Service Agreement, which was worth $500,000,000.