News Archive

NS-21 targets liftoff on May 20May 13Blue Origin today announced its fifth human flight, NS-21, will lift off...

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

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...

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

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

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

December 2, 2021 Orbital 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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

NS-15 - APRIL 14Blue Origin successfully completed its 15th consecutive mission to space and...

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

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

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,...

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....

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...