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.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Fifteen people who flew on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, and Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo and who had not previously earned FAA wings will receive FAA commercial astronaut wings under the 2021-12-10 decision.
The six people flying on Blue Origin’s NS-19 would be eligible for FAA wings if their flight takes place before the end of 2021.
Blue Origin scheduled the NS-19 flight for 2021-12-11 from Launch Site One in West Texas after a two-day delay because of winds.
Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic are not planning any additional crewed flights in the final three weeks of 2021.
Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic have each developed their own wings or related insignia that they award to those who have flown in space.
Blue Origin targets liftoff of New Shepard NS-19 from Launch Site One at 8:45 a.m. CST / 14:45 UTC on Saturday, 2021-12-11.
Blue Origin delayed the New Shepard NS-19 launch to Saturday, 2021-12-11 due to forecast winds on Thursday, 2021-12-09 and Friday, 2021-12-10.
A Blue Origin-led team received a $130,000,000 CLD award for the Orbital Reef space station concept announced 2021-10-25.
Orbital Reef is led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space and has been selected by NASA for a funded Space Act Agreement to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Blue Origin selected six people to fly on its next New Shepard mission, NS-19, scheduled for 2021-12-09 from Launch Site One in West Texas.
CAS Space unveiled a suborbital tourism concept with vehicle renders resembling Blue Origin’s New Shepard and SpaceX Crew Dragon and aims to provide tourist rides to space as soon as 2024.
Blue Origin's NS-19 mission is scheduled to launch on 2021-12-09.
Liftoff for Blue Origin's NS-19 is targeted for 9:00 am CST / 15:00 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas.
NASA had $345,000,000 available for HLS milestone payments in 2021, and Blue Origin’s proposed milestone payments for 2021 were more than triple that amount.
Blue Origin Chief Executive Bob Smith increased the company’s post-filing offer to more than $3 billion, eliminating the difference between Blue Origin’s original bid and SpaceX’s $2,900,000,000 price.
The HLS solicitation required each bidder to offer its best approach to meeting the program’s requirements, and Blue Origin submitted a proposal that did not include a $2,000,000,000 or $3,000,000,000 corporate contribution.
Both LIFE and Dream Chaser are part of Orbital Reef, the commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-25 by a team that includes Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing, and Redwire.
Blue Origin spent nearly $1,000,000 on lobbyists in the fourth quarter of 2020 during the period when Congress finalized the fiscal year 2021 spending bill.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos offered in July 2021 to reduce the company’s original $6,000,000,000 HLS bid by $2,000,000,000 if NASA would give Blue Origin a second HLS award.
SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy and Blue Origin’s New Glenn may become available as affordable commercial alternatives within the next 5 to 7 years.