Blue Origin rocket launches and latest news

Blue Origin is a private spaceflight company based in Kent, Washington that is working to send tourists to space on its reusable suborbital rocket called New Shepard. The company was created in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. 

In 2015, Blue Origin made history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket for the first time. The company is currently developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon that will make robotic cargo deliveries to the lunar surface, and it is partnering with SpaceX and Dynetics to develop a human-rated moon lander that will carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024 under NASA's Artemis Program.

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Latest about Blue Origin

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on the pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Feb. 21, 2024.

NASA delays ESCAPADE Mars launch on Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket to 2025 to avoid potential cost overruns

By Mike Wall published

The ESCAPADE Mars mission, previously scheduled to launch atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Oct. 13, will now lift off in spring 2025 at the earliest.

Launches & Spacecraft
an overhead view of a dock in a sheltered cove, with several large ships moored

Blue Origin droneship arrives in Florida ahead of 1st New Glenn launch (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin's droneship, named "Jacklyn," arrived at Florida's Port Canaveral ahead of the inaugural launch of the company's huge New Glenn rocket next month.

Launches & Spacecraft
a yellow forklift carries a large white box with the words "rocket lab" on its side

Rocket Lab's Mars probes reach launch site ahead of 1st flight on Blue Origin New Glenn rocket (photos)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The twin ESCAPADE satellites have arrived in Florida for the highly anticipated inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn megarocket in October.

Launches & Spacecraft
a woman in a blue flight suit raises her arms in triumph after exiting a white space capsule in the desert

New record: Blue Origin launches youngest woman beyond Kármán line

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin set a new record with today's space tourism launch, sending the youngest woman beyond the 62-mile-high (100 kilometers) Kármán line.

Human Spaceflight
Photo of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching the NS-20 space tourist mission in March 2022.

Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live mission updates

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Blue Origin's next space tourist mission hasn't yet been announced yet. Here are live updates of what we know.

Human Spaceflight
a woman in a blue flight suit pumps her hand in the air while standing in the doorway of a white cone-shaped capsule

'One of the cleanest flights I've seen.' Blue Origin launches 6 people to space, lands safely on NS-26 flight (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Blue Origin launched its eighth suborbital space tourism mission this morning (Aug. 29), sending six people to space and back.

Launches & Spacecraft
a rocket on the launch pad in darkness

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut Oct. 13 with NASA Mars launch

By Samantha Mathewson published

The inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which will send NASA's two-satellite ESCAPADE mission toward Mars, will launch no earlier than Oct. 13.

Launches & Spacecraft
A rocket flies into space.

Space tourism: What are the pros and cons?

By Paul Sutter published

Space tourism is controversial, and there are a multitude of reasons why.

Missions
A white Blue Origin suborbital rocket stands on its launch pad at dusk in West Texas.

What time is Blue Origin's private NS-26 astronaut launch on Aug. 29 (and how to watch live)

By Elizabeth Howell published

A Blue Origin rocket will launch a new private astronaut mission to suborbital space this week. Here's what time and where to watch.

Launches & Spacecraft
a white rocket launches into a blue sky, as seen from the ground

Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will launch on Aug. 29

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin is targeting Thursday (Aug. 29) for the launch of its eighth suborbital crewed mission, a flight called NS-26.

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