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 has not yet delivered flight-ready BE-4 engines required for Vulcan Centaur’s maiden flight as of early 2022.
Blue Origin’s direct employment in Brevard has reached 1,000 workers.
Blue Origin has more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing, test, and launch facility space in Brevard.
Blue Origin has invested more than $1,500,000,000 in capital in Brevard.
Blue Origin signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2021-12-17.
Blue Origin is developing a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle called New Glenn with a reusable first stage.
The $28,000,000 Justin Sun paid in the auction went to Club for the Future, a charity affiliated with Blue Origin.
Justin Sun submitted the winning bid of $28,000,000 for a seat on Blue Origin’s July New Shepard flight.
Blue Origin completed its first human flight on 2021-07-20 and returned from suborbital space above the Kármán line.
Blue Origin operates the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and is developing the New Glenn launch vehicle.
Blue Origin’s foundation Club for the Future directed funds from the $28,000,000 bid to 19 space-based charities.
Blue Origin conducted three crewed flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2021, most recently on 2021-12-11, taking a total of 14 people to altitudes above 100 km.
Blue Origin plans to receive seven BE-4 engines for New Glenn toward the second half of 2022 and requires about three months for integration.
Blue Origin completed the NS-19 mission on 2021-12-11.
NS-19 lifted off at 10:01 a.m. Eastern from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas.
Blue Origin completed certification test flights for New Shepard in 2021.
Blue Origin planned multiple crewed and payload flights in 2022.
Blue Origin flew a NASA payload flight in 2021 that tested lunar landing sensors.
Blue Origin is planning several crewed and payload flights in 2022.
Blue Origin launched the NS-19 New Shepard mission on 2021-12-11 as its third crewed New Shepard suborbital flight.