NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
NASA · 19 May 2023
To develop a human landing system for the agency’s Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA has selected Blue Origin of Kent, Washington. Through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever before, uncovering more s...
Enter outer space at your own risk?
SpaceNews · 16 May 2023
If you pay a company like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, or Boeing to go into space, perhaps even perform your own spacewalk, should those companies be bound by safety regulations issued by the FAA? Currently, the...
Blue Origin picking up the pace at the Cape
NASASpaceflight · 8 May 2023
While SpaceX has captured headlines with its first test flight of Starship, Blue Origin, the company founded by rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, is ramping up work on its own reusable heavy-lift rocket and a reusable Starsh...
ESCAPADE confident in planned 2024 New Glenn launch
SpaceNews · 13 Apr 2023
The head of a NASA Mars mission flying on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket says he is confident the vehicle will be ready in time for a launch next year.
Blue Origin continues investigation into New Shepard anomaly
SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2023
Nearly six months after an in-flight anomaly on a New Shepard suborbital mission, Blue Origin says it is still investigating the mishap and has no firm schedule for resuming launches.
NASA Experts Go on Tour with The Color of Space Documentary
NASA · 22 Feb 2023
NASA and Blue Origin’s Club for the Future will co-host multiple free in-person viewing events of the agency’s documentary, The Color of Space, at historically Black colleges and universities, conferences, festivals, and...
Blue Origin's New Shepard Anomaly Investigation Continues
The Launch Pad · 21 Feb 2023
On September 12th, 2022, Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital launch system experienced an anomaly on its booster stage, causing an automated abort of the capsule during what was meant to be a routine cargo flight. Here'...
NASA Selects Blue Origin to Launch Mars’ Magnetosphere Study Mission
NASA · 9 Feb 2023
NASA has 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 agency's Venture-Class...
Blue Origin and Dynetics bidding on second Artemis lunar lander
SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2022
Teams led by Blue Origin and Dynetics, runners-up in NASA’s first competition to develop a lander to transport astronauts to the lunar surface, have submitted proposals for a NASA competition to select a second lander.
Blue Origin conducts fairing testing amid quiet New Glenn progress
NASASpaceflight · 6 Dec 2022
Blue Origin has quietly been making progress on its orbital New Glenn vehicle, evident by new hardware and test sightings. This progress has been made alongside the ongoing investigation into an in-flight abort of the fo...
New Shepard Suffers First Launch Failure
Space Scout · 12 Sep 2022
After an initially clean liftoff from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Van Horn Texas, an uncrewed New Shepard suffered
Blue Origin capsule escapes rocket failure on uncrewed flight over Texas
Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2022
The suborbital rocket developed by Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin suffered its first launch failure Monday, when the main engine on the New Shepard booster appeared to cut out about a minute after liftoff from We...
New Shepard suffers in-flight abort on uncrewed suborbital flight
SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2022
A problem with Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle caused an in-flight flight a minute after liftoff Sept. 12, causing a capsule filled with payloads but not people to fire its launch abort motor and parachute t...
Blue Origin scraps original recovery ship for New Glenn boosters
SpaceNews · 16 Aug 2022
A large ship that Blue Origin planned to convert into a landing platform for New Glenn boosters is instead being sent to the scrapyard as the company changes its recovery plans.
Blue Origin launches six more passengers to suborbital space
Spaceflight Now · 4 Aug 2022
Blue Origin launched six more people on a quick, 10-minute flight to suborbital space Thursday from West Texas. A popular YouTuber and the first people from Egyptian and Portugal to fly above the internationally-recogniz...
Blue Origin launches sixth New Shepard crewed suborbital flight
SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2022
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on its sixth crewed flight in a little more than a year Aug. 4, carrying six people that included the first individuals from Egypt and Portugal to go to space.
Retired four-star general John Hyten joins Blue Origin as strategic advisor
SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2022
Blue Origin announced June 15 that former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Hyten, will join the company as executive director of the firm’s Club for the Future foundation and as a strategic advisor.
Blue Origin launches six people to suborbital space
Spaceflight Now · 4 Jun 2022
Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket propelled six people to an altitude of more than 60 miles over West Texas Saturday, including the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space. The company has now flown five missi...
New Shepard completes fifth crewed suborbital flight
SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2022
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle performed its fifth crewed suborbital flight June 4, carrying six people including the first Mexican-born woman to go to space and the company’s first repeat customer.