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Oasis-1 is part of Blue Origin's multi-phase initiative to locate, map, characterize, and utilize lunar resources.
In 2023, Blue Origin received $34.7 million from NASA as part of public-private Tipping Point contracts to build advanced lunar technologies.
Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin received the prestigious IAF World Space Award at IAC 2025.
Blue Origin is eligible to win NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts beginning in FY27, depending on the pace of New Glenn's certification program.
The Oasis-1 mission is a partnership involving Blue Origin, the Luxembourg Space Agency, ESA’s ESRIC institute, and GOMspace.
Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space on its New Shepard vehicle.
Blue Origin is planning to develop a new launch pad at Vandenberg, SLC-9.
Blue Origin could expect to launch as many as seven missions totaling $2.3 billion in contracts, contingent on receiving certification.
Blue Origin will send an ultra-low polar orbiter called Oasis-1 to the Moon to create detailed high-resolution maps of lunar water ice, Helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements, precious metals, and other materials.
Blue Origin's Alchemist project recently passed Critical Design Review (CDR) and involves making solar cells using silicon and metals extracted from lunar soil simulants.
Blue Origin received no launch opportunities in the recent contract round due to its New Glenn rocket awaiting certification for national security launches.
Blue Origin's next New Shepard crewed flight, NS-36, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Wednesday, October 8.
Blue Origin released the NS-36 mission patch.
The Project Kuiper constellation aims to provide broadband internet access to underserved areas using SpaceX, ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin rockets for deployment.
The webcast on BlueOrigin.com will start 30 minutes prior to the NS-36 liftoff.
Blue Origin is responsible for the complete landing mission architecture, including the design, analysis, and testing of a large lunar lander capable of safely transporting the rover.
The first lunar CLPS delivery from Blue Origin, using the Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, is scheduled for late 2023 and will transport NASA's stereo cameras and the laser retroreflection system to the lunar South Pole.
The CLPS work order includes a base award for designing payload accommodations and demonstrating how Blue Origin's lander will deploy the rover on the lunar surface.
USSF Space Systems Command did not award any contracts to Blue Origin.
NASA awarded Blue Origin a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) work order to deliver the VIPER rover to the lunar South Pole.