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 was paid $255,500,000 from October 2018 through December 2020 under its Launch Service Agreement.
All remaining development activity for the Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman Launch Service Agreement milestones was completed and submitted by 2020-12-31.
Blue Origin plans to fly the New Glenn rocket in late 2021 and compete in the commercial launch market.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected for the National Security Space Launch program in August 2020, defeating Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.
The Space and Missile Systems Center ended the Launch Service Agreements with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman on 2020-12-31.
Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX each received Human Landing System contracts in 2020 and are waiting for NASA to select who will proceed into full development.
Blue Origin intends to use the New Shepard spacecraft for future crewed flights.
Cornell expressed optimism that the success of the latest flight brings Blue Origin closer to flying humans.
Blue Origin flew a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on January 14.
The New Shepard vehicle lifted off from Blue Origin's West Texas test site at 12:17 p.m. Eastern.
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle did not carry science payloads but flew 50,000 postcards submitted by students through Club for the Future.
After the October 2022 test flight, Blue Origin indicated it needed a couple more flights before starting crewed missions.
Blue Origin performed a single New Shepard test flight in October 2022.
Blue Origin completed its 14th New Shepard mission, NS-14, on 2021-01-14.
In February 2019, Jeff Bezos expected Blue Origin to begin flying people by the end of that year.
By October 2019, Blue Origin stated it was slowing down plans to ensure the vehicle was ready for crewed flights.
Blue Origin completed its 14th New Shepard mission, NS-14, on 2021-01-14.
The Federal Aviation Administration published temporary flight restrictions on 2021-01-12 closing airspace above Blue Origin’s West Texas test site from 2021-01-14 through 2021-01-17 from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern each day.
Blue Origin is planning a New Shepard test flight scheduled for 10:45 a.m. Eastern on 2021-01-14.
United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 to power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.