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 parties to the Blue Origin suit agreed to an expedited schedule that originally called for a final ruling by 2021-11-01.
Blue Origin filed suit on 2021-08-16 after the Government Accountability Office rejected protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics to NASA’s HLS award.
Following its NYSE debut in September, Redwire announced plans to partner with Blue Origin, Sierra Space, and Boeing to develop a commercial space station outfitted with Redwire’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Project Kuiper selected ABL Systems to launch its two prototype satellites KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 instead of using Blue Origin rockets.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space will develop, own, and operate a commercial space station called Orbital Reef in low Earth orbit.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned to be built in low Earth orbit by Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Blue Origin will develop large-diameter core modules and utility systems for Orbital Reef and provide launch services using its New Glenn rocket under development.
An industry consortium led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced plans on 2021-10-25 to cooperate on the development of a commercial space station.
Blue Origin successfully completed its second human spaceflight on New Shepard on 2021-10-13.
The Blue Origin lawsuit has suspended work on NASA’s Human Landing System program until 2021-11-01 as the court takes up the case.
Blue Origin launched William Shatner and three others on a suborbital flight on 2021-10-13 using its New Shepard vehicle.
The 2021-10-13 New Shepard liftoff occurred from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:49 a.m. Eastern.
New Shepard mission NS-18 launched on Wednesday, 2021-10-13, from Blue Origin’s west Texas launch site.
Blue Origin is planning several additional crewed New Shepard flights in 2022.
Blue Origin planned one more crewed New Shepard flight in 2021 and planned several more crewed flights for 2022.
Audrey Powers has been at Blue Origin since 2013 and currently oversees all New Shepard flight operations, vehicle maintenance, and support infrastructure.
The Government Accountability Office rejected Blue Origin’s protest and also rejected a similar protest filed by Dynetics three months after April 2021.
Blue Origin holds that New Shepard is the safest space vehicle ever designed or built.
A New Shepard crewed flight was scheduled for 2021-10-12 from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site.