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By developing the 9×4 launch variant and the TeraWave constellation, Blue Origin is positioning itself as both a launch provider and a data infrastructure company competing for defense contracts that require secure, low-latency space-based data centers.
Blue Origin is preparing the NG-3 mission to carry AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellite.
Blue Origin posted production engineering positions at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral to scale infrastructure to support the increased thrust of the 9×4 variant and faster booster refurbishment cycles.
Blue Origin is recruiting for specialized roles in in-house Hall thruster development, custom silicon design, and National Security Space Launch certification management.
The updated Artemis III mission will endeavor to include a rendezvous and docking with one or both commercial landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin and in-space tests of the docked vehicles.
Blue Origin is advancing a "9×4" super-heavy lift configuration of the New Glenn rocket alongside its TeraWave satellite network.
Blue Origin is at the halfway mark for National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 certification.
After the NG-2 (EscaPADE) mission in November 2025, Blue Origin completed two of the four flights required for NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 certification.
Blue Origin is preparing the NG-4 mission to debut the Blue Moon Mark 1 uncrewed lunar lander.
The Artemis III LEO rehearsal will test commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin before attempting a crewed lunar surface landing with Artemis IV in 2028.
NASA has not released details of the acceleration plans submitted by Blue Origin and SpaceX for Artemis 3.
Both Blue Origin and SpaceX submitted acceleration plans last fall intended to speed up the availability of a lander for Artemis 3.
Blue Origin posted 'We're all in!' on X in response to NASA's revised Artemis plans.
SpaceX and Blue Origin are contracted to develop lunar landers for NASA's Artemis program.
SpaceX and Blue Origin each have contracts with NASA to develop Human Landing Systems.
Artemis III will use one or both Moon landers being developed by industry, specifically SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon, to test operations in lunar orbit.
The accelerated cargo-and-crew landing plan relies heavily on progress by SpaceX and Blue Origin, both of which have agreed to the revised timeline.
Artemis III will launch an Orion spacecraft with a four-person crew to rendezvous and dock in Earth orbit with either SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, or potentially both.
The commercial lunar landers in development referenced are SpaceX’s Starship HLS and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK2.
Artemis III will no longer attempt a lunar landing and will instead launch an Orion spacecraft with a four-person crew to rendezvous and dock in Earth orbit with SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, or potentially both.