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’s HLS proposal included a descent stage based on its Blue Moon cargo lunar lander concept powered by the BE-7 engine.
Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn rocket for the Phase 2 competition with a planned first flight in 2021.
Blue Origin received the largest single HLS award of $579,000,000.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are competing for two Phase 2 contracts to fly approximately 34 missions from 2022 to 2027.
The Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreements to be spread over six years.
Bob Smith sent a letter to Blue Origin employees on June 1, 2020.
Bob Smith is the CEO of Blue Origin.
If delayed, Ariane 6 would join United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket and Blue Origin’s New Glenn in encountering setbacks that pushed their maiden flights to 2021 instead of 2020.
At the end of April, NASA awarded lunar lander contracts to Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX to mature their designs over the following 10 months before selecting one or more for full development.
Blue Origin received $500,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding.
Rick Scott has supported Blue Origin as the company expands manufacturing plants and launch facilities in Florida.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to be spread over six years to help defray the cost of rocket certification for national security launch and of building launch pads on East and West coast ranges.
Expanded launch offerings from Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin were slated for 2021 introductions.
NASA issued Human Landing System awards on 2020-04-30 to teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in 2018 to be spread over six years.
For the Phase 2 competition, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are developing new launch vehicles with company-stated first-flight readiness in 2021.
Blue Origin supports the Air Force continuing to support three U.S. launch service providers through 2023.
Telesat signed a launch contract with Blue Origin in January 2019 for multiple New Glenn missions.
Blue Origin develops the Descent Element for the National Team based on the Blue Moon lander and the BE-7 engine.