Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
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- notable2026-11-05Blue Origin unveils GS3 third stage and Northstar engine for New Glenn
- notable2026-11-05Blue Origin pushes New Glenn's return to flight to January 2027
- notable2026-10-23NASA details three-vehicle Artemis III test plan, two options for Artemis IV landing
- notable2026-10-16Blue Origin to build $330 million plant for 150 New Glenn upper stages a year
- major2026-10-08Blue Origin to build $650 million satellite factory in Texas
- notable2026-10-02Blue Origin names former NASA science chief Zurbuchen SVP of Advanced Concepts
- notable2026-09-29FAA opens comment on Blue Origin bid to launch New Glenn 50 times a year
- notable2026-09-23Space Applications Services books LUVMI-M lunar rover on Blue Origin lander
- notable2026-09-20NASA's Isaacman says Artemis III is running about 90 days behind schedule
- notable2026-09-11Rocket Lab protests NASA's Mars orbiter award to Blue Origin
- notable2026-09-09SpaceX and Blue Origin skip Paris summit amid White House pressure
- major2026-09-01Blue Origin wins $700M NASA Mars Telecommunications Network contract
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- 20262026Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 manifested for lunar south pole CLPS deliveryas of 2026-07-05
- 20252025-11-13Blue Origin lands New Glenn booster for first time on second flightas of 2026-07-05
- 2025-01-16New Glenn reaches orbit on its first launch (per SpaceNews)as of 2026-07-05
- 20242024-01-05NASA raises Blue Origin's Orbital Reef space station funding to $172 millionas of 2026-07-05
- 20232023-12-19New Shepard returns to flight with NS-24 after NS-23 failure (per Spaceflight Now)as of 2026-07-05
- 2023-05-19NASA selects Blue Origin as second Artemis Human Landing System provideras of 2026-07-05
- 20212021-07-20Blue Origin flies Jeff Bezos on New Shepard's first crewed missionas of 2026-07-05
- 20142014-09-17Blue Origin and ULA agree to jointly fund development of BE-4 engineas of 2026-07-05
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What is Blue Origin?
Blue Origin focuses on Rocket engines and launch vehicles. as of 2026-07-05
Where is Blue Origin based?
Blue Origin is based in United States. as of 2026-07-05
When was Blue Origin founded?
Blue Origin was founded in 2000. as of 2026-07-05