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The private aerospace company Blue Origin has a number of development, manufacturing, and test facilities in four US states: Washington, Texas, Florida, and Alabama . Blue Origin began in 2000 with only a development and office facility near Seattle, Washington. By 2003 Blue Origin was buying land in west Texas for a rocket engine test facility ...
On May 19, 2023, NASA contracted Blue Origin to develop, test and deploy its Blue Moon landing system for the agency's Artemis V mission, which explores the Moon and prepares future crewed missions to Mars. The project includes an uncrewed test mission followed by a crewed Moon landing in 2029. The contract value is $3.4 billion.
The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) is an under-development launch vehicle by Lockheed Martin in partnership with BWX Technologies as part of a DARPA program to be demonstrated in space in 2027. [ 2][ 3] The experimental vehicle is planned to be reusable and will utilize next-generation nuclear thermal propulsion ...
Blue Origin’s tourism rocket has launched passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years, ending a hiatus prompted by a failed uncrewed test flight. The New Shepard ...
The BE-4 (Blue Engine 4) [ 4] is an oxygen-rich [ 5] liquefied-methane-fueled staged-combustion rocket engine produced by Blue Origin. The BE-4 was developed with private and public funding. [ 6] The engine has been designed to produce 2.4 meganewtons (550,000 lbf) of thrust at sea level. [ 7]
The FAA, which regulates launch site safety and oversees mishap investigations led by rocket companies, cited the same conclusion as Blue Origin's in its statement on Wednesday.
The grounding of New Shepard, Blue Origin's only active rocket, came after a mid-flight failure in September 2022 during an uncrewed research mission. A structural failure in the rocket's engine ...
The first hotfire-tested Blue Origin BE-4 rocket engine, serial number 103, at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 2018, showing the liquid methane inlet side of the engine. The New Glenn is a 7 m (23 ft) diameter two-stage orbital launch vehicle with a reusable first stage [23] and an expendable second stage. [43]