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Blue Origin

US
commercialFounded 2000
www.blueorigin.com/
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Blue Origin is developing Blue Ring as an in-space platform for applications in Earth orbit and beyond, including a potential mission to the near Earth asteroid Apophis.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMay 3, 2024NASA awards studies for commercial Mars missions

Blue Ring is part of Blue Origin’s initiative to build a road to space and enable millions of people to live and work in space for the benefit of Earth.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralMay 3, 2024ATLAS Space Operations to support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 mission

NASA selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to launch ESCAPADE and awarded Blue Origin a $20,000,000 task order through the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract in February 2023 for the mission.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2024NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn

Blue Origin has not announced a formal date for the first New Glenn launch beyond the company’s expectation that the flight will take place 2024 after several years of delays.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralApr 25, 2024NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn

NASA evaluated the proposals and selected three while rejecting three additional proposals from Astrobotic, Blue Origin, and Leidos.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Lunar rover racing

United Launch Alliance has been planning a transition from the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 Heavy to the next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket powered by Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2024End of an era: Delta 4 Heavy soars one last time

Blue Origin plans a first crewed New Shepard flight in more than 18 months as of 2024-04-04.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipApr 5, 2024Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights

The Starlab effort is one of three commercial station initiatives being funded by NASA alongside initiatives led by Axiom Space and Blue Origin.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 28, 2024Vast Space hires former Voyager Space executive

Blue Origin received a contract to demonstrate a heavy utility m-OLV system utilizing the Blue Ring platform.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 21, 2024Companies selected for DIU Orbital Logistics Vehicle Project moving forward with prototypes

The three DIU-funded projects were awarded to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and Spacebilt.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralMar 20, 2024Defense Innovation Unit awards three contracts for space logistics technologies

Blue Origin received a contract to demonstrate a heavy utility on-orbit logistics vehicle system using its Blue Ring platform.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 20, 2024Blue Origin’s Blue Ring to demo operation capabilities on DarkSky-1 mission

The Defense Innovation Unit is partnering with Blue Origin on a space mission called Dark-Sky 1 that will send a heavy multi-orbit space tug based on the Blue Ring platform to orbit.

Mentioned as: blue originTechnical ProductMar 20, 2024Defense Innovation Unit awards three contracts for space logistics technologies

The DarkSky-1 (DS-1) mission will demonstrate Blue Origin’s flight systems including space-based processing capabilities.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 20, 2024Blue Origin’s Blue Ring to demo operation capabilities on DarkSky-1 mission

Jeff Bezos built the Corn Ranch launch site for Blue Origin in west Texas.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 18, 2024Texas Space Commissions, from Conestoga to Starship

Blue Origin’s Corn Ranch spaceport is limited to vertical suborbital rocket launches.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralMar 18, 2024Texas Space Commissions, from Conestoga to Starship

Redwire received an award from Blue Origin in January to provide ROSA systems and other technologies for the Blue Ring transfer vehicle, with the award value undisclosed.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipMar 15, 2024Redwire looks to larger deals and new markets to fuel growth

Sierra Space partnered with Blue Origin on the construction of a commercially developed space station.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2024Sierra Space developing dual-use spacecraft with military potential

Blue Origin and ISRO are interested in using LVM3 to launch crew capsules to service Blue Origin’s commercial space station, Orbital Reef.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductMar 11, 2024India unveils its first set of Gaganyaan astronauts

Artemis 5 is scheduled to be the first Artemis mission to use Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander after SpaceX’s Starship lands on Artemis 3 and Artemis 4.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2024NASA says spending caps force “hard choices” for its 2025 budget

Blue Origin Texas, LLC of Van Horn, Texas was awarded a contract to provide flight and payload integration services.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2024NASA awards flight + payload integration servides contracts
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