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Blue Origin is under contract with NASA for a reduced-gravity New Shepard flight tentatively planned for later 2023.
Blue Origin is studying operational-focused upgrades to New Shepard intended to reduce turnaround time between flights while producing little visible difference for customers.
Blue Origin is offering the option to fly payloads on New Shepard’s propulsion module for both research and tourism flights, including options to expose payloads for atmospheric sampling or to deploy instruments.
Blue Origin could compete for Lane 2 if its New Glenn completes three flights and receives certification.
Blue Origin produces reusable liquid rocket engines and is developing the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle.
Blue Origin was one of 13 companies NASA selected for VADR contracts in 2022.
Three teams led by Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman won funded Space Act Agreements in late 2021 under the Commercial LEO Destinations program to develop station concepts.
NASA awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Space Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Blue Origin manufactured a working solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants.
The Blue Origin award for launching ESCAPADE is listed in a government procurement database with a value of $20,000,000 and $6,000,000 obligated to date as of 2023-02-10.
NASA selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn to launch the two ESCAPADE spacecraft on 2024-02-09.
Blue Origin previously won a contract from Amazon in April 2023 for 12 Project Kuiper launches with an option for 15 additional launches.
NASA’s Launch Services Program awarded Blue Origin’s New Glenn the ESCAPADE launch contract on 2023-02-09.
DARPA started the DRACO program with three Phase 1 awards in April 2021 to teams led by Blue Origin, General Atomics, and Lockheed Martin to develop preliminary reactor and spacecraft designs.
Patrick Zeitouni led Blue Origin’s Space Mobility program and created a new business with more than 200 engineers to deliver a new spacecraft.
As head of Blue Origin’s Space Mobility program, Patrick Zeitouni created a new business with more than 200 engineers to deliver a new spacecraft.
Blue Origin and Dynetics each received awards in September 2021 from NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix N effort to support work on future lunar landers.
Doug Kunzman was a Senior Director of New Shepard Operations and Maintenance at Blue Origin.
Giovanni Greco was previously the chief engineer and senior technical director of the New Shepard program at Blue Origin.