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A new entrant such as Blue Origin could be awarded a Lane 2 contract on the assumption that its New Glenn rocket will be operational and certified by October 2026, with fiscal year 2027 missions assigned to other providers until New Glenn is certified.
The Senate CJS bill fully funds Orion, the Space Launch System, and ground systems and provides funding to continue Artemis Campaign Development, including Human Landing System awards to SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and other suppliers are working to increase BE-4 production to meet a target rate of 25 engines a year by mid-2025 under the initiative referred to as "25 in ’25."
At Blue Origin, Jessica Curry managed the team responsible for awarding subcontracts to support NASA’s Sustaining Lunar Development contract.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and its engines are currently more than three years behind schedule and have not been flight tested.
Blue Origin's launch experience is limited to its New Shepard suborbital flights, which have been on hiatus since September 2022.
Blue Origin began flying paying customers on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2021.
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith stated that the company is preparing to resume flights within the next few weeks.
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle has been grounded since a mishap in September 2022.
Blue Origin of Kent, Washington is collaborating with NASA to develop an integrated commercial space transportation capability to ensure safe, affordable, and high-frequency U.S. access to orbit for crew and other missions.
Blue Origin is collaborating with NASA to develop an integrated commercial space transportation capability to ensure safe, affordable, and high-frequency U.S. access to orbit for crew and other missions.
The companies selected for CCSC-2 are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington; Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia; Sierra Space Corporation of Broomfield, Colorado; Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California; Special Aerospace Services of Boulder, Colorado; ThinkOrbital Inc. of Lafayette, Colorado; and Vast Space LLC of Long Beach, California.
CLD companies including Northrop Grumman, Voyager, Blue Origin, Sierra Space, and Axiom are depending on NASA seed funding to develop and build orbital facilities.
NASA selected teams led by Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and Voyager Space in late 2021 for funded Space Act Agreements to assist in initial design work on commercial stations.
Blue Origin relies on investment from founder Jeff Bezos, who several years ago invested $1,000,000,000 per year into the company.
Blue Origin received a $3,400,000,000 NASA award on 2023-05-19 to develop a second lunar lander for the Artemis lunar exploration campaign.
Astrobotic is part of the Blue Origin National Team that won a contract for NASA’s Artemis program to develop and provide human and large cargo lunar landing services.
Astrobotic announced the Blue Origin National Team contract win on 2023-05-23 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA’s human landing system requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to the lunar surface, including docking with Gateway in lunar orbit.
Astrobotic is a member of the Blue Origin-led National Team developing the human lunar lander.