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Blue Origin today revealed the six-person crew flying on its NS-25 mission. The crew includes: Mason Angel, Sylvain

Blue Origin will demonstrate Blue Ring’s mission operation capabilities and core flight systems on an upcoming Defense

Our New Glenn vehicle successfully rolled out and upended today for the first time on the pad at Launch Complex 36

Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th New Shepard flight and 13th payload mission today from Launch Site One in

Expanding upon its mission to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth, Blue Origin has unveiled Blue Ring, a

Breakthrough could lead to autonomous manufacture of unlimited amounts of solar power, power transmission cables, and

KENT, WA -- NASA has awarded a NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract to Blue Origin. Blue

SUMMARY The direct cause of the NS-23 mishap was a thermo-structural failure of the engine nozzle. The resulting thrust

Blue Origin manufactured this working solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants. Since 2021, Blue Origin has

Today, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) awarded Blue Origin’s New Glenn the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and

Breakthrough In-Space Solutions Selected for the Benefit of Earth December 8, 2022 – Reef Starter, an innovation engine

Orbital Reef, led by principal partners, Blue Origin and Sierra Space, is designed to be the premier mixed-use space

Blue Origin completed its delivery of the first BE-4 shipset for United Launch Alliance (ULA), shipping the engines to

Orbital Reef’s Reef Starter to Support the Launch of Breakthrough Innovations in Low Earth Orbit Reef Starter today

Hollywood Taps Blue Origin to Depict the Future of Life in SpaceParis, September 20, 2022 - The Orbital Reef team, led

September 12, 2022 1:20 pm CDT / 18:20 UTC During today’s flight, the capsule escape system successfully separated the

On August 31, New Shepard’s 23rd mission, a dedicated payloads flight, will fly 36 payloads from academia, research

Sierra Space and Blue Origin Successfully Complete Orbital Reef System Definition ReviewThe Orbital Reef team, led by

Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its sixth human spaceflight and the 22nd flight for the New Shepard program.

NS-22 targets liftoff on August 4 Blue Origin today announced its sixth human flight, NS-22, will lift off from Launch

Blue Origin today announced that General John Hyten (Ret.) will serve as executive director for its foundation, Club for

Mission NS-21 is New Shepard’s Fifth Crewed Flight Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight

May 18 During our final vehicle check-outs, we observed one of New Shepard's back-up systems was not meeting our

Blue Origin today announced New Glenn has been selected for 12 launches, with options for up to 15 additional launches

Sierra Space and Blue Origin led three-month sprint to critical SRR milestone; Successful completion of System

March 31, 2022Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its fourth human spaceflight and 20th overall flight for New

March 21Blue Origin today announced the sixth crew member joining New Shepard’s 20th mission will be Blue Origin’s Gary

H.E. Justin Sun, Ambassador, Founder of TRON, is Taking Five Additional Crewmates With HimGeneva, Switzerland, December

December 11, 2021The NS-19 mission marks the sixth flight of the year for the programBlue Origin today successfully

December 6, 2021Today we introduced a new line of merchandise dedicated to the NS-19 mission on the Blue Origin

December 2, 2021Orbital Reef, led by partners Blue Origin and Sierra Space, was selected today by NASA for a funded

November 23, 6:30 AM CST / 13:30 UTC New Shepard’s 19th mission will be the first to carry a full manifest of six

OCTOBER 25, 2021 New Orbital Destination Opens Up Space For Business And Travel, Creating New EcosystemBlue Origin and

OCTOBER 13, 10:30 AM CDT / 15:30 UTC Blue Origin successfully completed its second human spaceflight on board New

October 4, 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC Today, Blue Origin announced actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s

Today, Blue Origin and GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ announced several records that were achieved as part of Blue Origin’s

September 27, 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTCToday, Blue Origin announced New Shepard’s 18th mission, NS-18, will lift off on

AUGUST 26, 9:45 AM CDT / 14:45 UTC New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with Commercial and NASA-Supported

In an open letter to the NASA Administrator, Jeff Bezos offers to restore competition to the Human Landing System

Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew

Today, Blue Origin announced Oliver Daemen will be the first paying customer to fly on board New Shepard, marking the

Today, Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, announced 19 non-profit charitable organizations will each be

Fulfilling a lifelong mission to become an astronaut, Wally Funk will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight

Today, Blue Origin concluded the online auction for the very first seat on New Shepard with a winning bid of $28

Auction bidding is already at $2.8 million with nearly 6,000 participants from 143 countries. Bidding is underway now

On July 20th, New Shepard will fly its first astronaut crew to space. We are offering one seat on this first flight to

NS-15 - APRIL 14Blue Origin successfully completed its 15th consecutive mission to space and back today and conducted a

As major progress is being made on the New Glenn launch vehicle and its Cape Canaveral facilities, the schedule has been

NS-14 January 14Blue Origin successfully completed its 14th mission to space and back today for the New Shepard program.

Today, NASA awarded Blue Origin a NASA Launch Services II (NLS II) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight is targeting liftoff on Thursday, December 17, at 9:15 am CST / 15:15 UTC. Current

The National Team submitted its Option A proposal this week to land the first woman and next man on the Moon in

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine program continues its testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This

Board Features Renowned Leaders in the Space IndustryDecember 1, 2020 (Kent, Wash) – Blue Origin today announced the

NS-13 OCTOBER 13New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with NASA Precision Lunar Landing Technology Onboard    Blue

The Human Landing System (HLS) National Team, led by Blue Origin with partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and

Today, the Blue Origin-led Human Landing System (HLS) National Team – comprised of Blue Origin, Lockheed

Today, Blue Origin issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Space Force's National Security Space Launch

Please see the letter Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith sent to employees on Monday, June 1:Team Blue,The events of the last few

Today the Blue Origin National Team, which includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper, was selected by NASA

To help the shortage of face shields needed for frontline healthcare workers combating the COVID-19 crisis across the

As more schools around the country shift to online learning amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Blue Origin’s nonprofit Club for

Huntsville, AL –  February 17, 2020 -  Today, Blue Origin opened its rocket engine production facility in Huntsville,

Today, Blue Origin opened our new headquarters and R&D facility in Kent, Washington. The facility is Blue Origin’s

New Shepard had a wholly successful mission on December 11, 2019.This mission was another step towards verifying New

NASA has added five American companies to the pool of vendors that will be eligible to bid on proposals to provide

Today, Blue Origin is proud to announce a national team to offer a Human Landing System for NASA’s Artemis program to

On May 9, 2019, our founder discussed his vision to go to space to benefit Earth.Watch the full replay of this event

May 2, 2019 Update:New Shepard had a great mission on May 2, 2019. This particular rocket has flown to space and back 5

We’re happy to announce we’ve signed a multi-launch agreement with Telesat to play a key role in the deployment of their

Today we broke ground on the construction of a world-class rocket engine production facility in Huntsville, Alabama,

Blue Origin demonstrated the versatility of the New Shepard system by taking 8 NASA-sponsored research and

Update: This mission was successful. Read the post-launch recap here. Blue Origin’s next New Shepard mission (NS-10) is

Blue Origin is honored to enter into a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) partnership with the Air Force to leverage our

Moving heavy industry from Earth into space is at the core of Blue Origin’s mission. The future will be better for our

We have some exciting news to share with you! Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine has been selected by United Launch Alliance to

New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was

An awesome feature of New Shepard is its modular interior design. While in the future it will feature six seats to fly

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as

Mission 8 welcomes our second round of commercial payloads on board New Shepard for in-space science and technology

On Dec. 12, 2017, New Shepard flew again for the seventh time. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the flight featured our

New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as

On October 5, 2016, New Shepard performed an in-flight test of the capsule’s full-envelope escape system, designed to

Our next flight is going to be dramatic, no matter how it ends.Like Mercury, Apollo, and Soyuz, New Shepard has an

New Shepard flew again on April 2, 2016, reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. It was the third flight

The very same New Shepard booster that flew above the Karman line and then landed vertically at its launch site last

Van Horn, Texas - November 24, 2015 - Blue Origin today announced that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew

Rockets have always been expendable. Not anymore. Now safely tucked away at our launch site in West Texas is the rarest

Blue Origin announced today the completion of more than 100 staged-combustion tests in development of the American-made

Today we announced that we’ll be flying our orbital launch vehicle from Florida. Cape Canaveral has long been a gateway

Centennial, Colo. and Kent, Wash. – Sept. 10, 2015 – United Launch Alliance (ULA), the nation’s premier space launch

Today we flew the first developmental test flight of our New Shepard space vehicle. Our 110,000-lbf thrust liquid

KENT, Wash. – Blue Origin recently completed acceptance testing of its BE‑3 rocket engine, the first new hydrogen engine

Centennial, Colo. and Kent, Wash. – Sept. 17, 2014 – United Launch Alliance (ULA), the nation’s premier space launch

KENT, Wash. – Blue Origin reached a key milestone in the development of the liquid-fueled BE-3 engine by successfully

NASA and Blue Origin of Kent, Wash., signed an agreement this week to extend their Commercial Crew Development Round 2

KENT, Wash. – Blue Origin conducted a successful Pad Escape test last week at its West Texas launch site, firing its

The Blue Origin team worked hard and smart to pull off this first test of our suborbital Crew Capsule escape system.

NASA Release: 12-362WASHINGTON—NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the

KENT, Washington – Blue Origin successfully completed a System Requirements Review (SRR) of its orbital Space Vehicle on

KENT, Washington – A new exhibit opens today at The Museum of Flight in Seattle that features Blue Origin’s first flying

KENT, Washington – Blue Origin successfully tested the design of its next-generation Space Vehicle, completing a series

(From @NASA Twitter account) – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (r) discusses the upcoming testing of Blue Origin’s

WASHINGTON—NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver is visiting Blue Origin in Kent, Wash., today. The company is one of

We’ve received requests for video of the short hop test flight that took place earlier this year. Here are two videos of

Three months ago, we successfully flew our second test vehicle in a short hop mission, and then last week we lost the

Accomplishing this mission will take a long time, and we’re working on it methodically. We believe in incremental