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Blue Origin

US
commercialFounded 2000
www.blueorigin.com/
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Blue Origin is developing concepts called Blue Ring and unnamed fuel transporter stages intended to operate and be reused in space.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2026Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusability

Speculation in the space press has focused on the possibility of making New Glenn's second stage reusable following Blue Origin's job posting.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2026Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusability

Blue Origin posted its decision to pause New Shepard flights on January 29, 2026.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 13, 2026Space Tourism’s Reality Check

Blue Origin will pause New Shepard flights for no less than two years beginning January 29, 2026 to prioritize its Blue Moon lunar lander program.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 13, 2026Space Tourism’s Reality Check

Blue Origin presents the MTO as contributing to foundations for future human exploration of Mars.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin intends the MTO to provide persistent orbital infrastructure at Mars, moving beyond a mission-by-mission approach.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin presented the Mars Telecommunication Orbiter (MTO) in a post on X.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin positions the MTO as an enabling element for the development of long-term orbital infrastructure at Mars.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin intends to expand into infrastructure services in addition to its launch activities and development of space systems.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin’s post on X does not provide details on operational timelines or institutional partners for the MTO.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

Blue Origin indicates the MTO will accelerate Mars research by reducing operational limits tied to the availability of communication windows.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Blue Origin presenta il Mars Telecommunication Orbiter

The burn-through on the solid rocket booster nozzle joint section was oriented toward the Blue Origin BE-4 engines.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026And you can see yet again the SRB nozzle joint section had a burn-through - this time *pointing at* the BE-4s, unlike what happened on the Cert-2 flight:

AST SpaceMobile plans to launch BlueBird 7 aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket no earlier than late February 2026.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 11, 2026AST SpaceMobile Shares Rally Following Successful Deployment of Massive BlueBird 6 Array

SpaceX and Blue Origin are two large commercial space companies with founders Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who are investing in space ventures.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GeneralFeb 10, 2026Rep. Mike Haridopolos On Cutting Red Tape, Passing NASA Bill

Blue Origin’s New Glenn may be available to support Commercial Lunar Payload Service missions with Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark I launcher and may support human return with Mark II.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 9, 2026Much needed cargo for the Moon

SpaceX and Blue Origin submitted plans to NASA outlining how they could send American astronauts to the Moon before 2030.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative PlanFeb 9, 2026SpaceX Delays Mars Plans in Favor of the Moon

Blue Origin and Axiom Space are working on plans to build commercial space stations.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative PlanFeb 9, 2026The coming end of ISS, symbol of an era of global cooperation

The New Glenn upper stage was modeled in Astrox’s SpaceSIDE using a component-based subsystem approach due to lack of Blue Origin published subsystem weights.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 9, 2026Much needed cargo for the Moon

Atlas V, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan accounted for the non-SpaceX orbital launches from the Eastern Range in 2025.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductFeb 9, 2026The dominance of Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp placed New Shepard space tourism flights on a two-year hold so Blue Origin could focus on its lunar program.

Mentioned as: blue originNarrative GovernanceFeb 9, 2026SpaceX Delays Mars Plans in Favor of the Moon
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