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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 ...
In 2015, Blue Origin signed a long-term lease of launch site from Space Florida for launching Blue's orbital rockets, after Space Florida had previously leased the facility from the USAF in 2010 in order to facilitate commercial use of the land and facilities since the Air Force no longer required use of the launch complex. Moon Express and ...
Gimbal range. ±5°. The BE-4 (Blue Engine 4) [ 5] is an oxygen-rich [ 6] liquefied-methane-fueled staged-combustion rocket engine produced by Blue Origin. The BE-4 was developed with private and public funding. [ 7] The engine has been designed to produce 2.4 meganewtons (550,000 lbf) of thrust at sea level.
The 14th launch of a New Shepard rocket will send a space capsule past the edge of space to test the system ahead of its first passenger flights. The 14th launch of a New Shepard rocket will send ...
Six passengers were launched to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin's tourism rocket on Sunday. After a failed uncrewed test flight, the commercial space venture run by Jeff Bezos took a nearly ...
The company's BE-4 engine successfully completed a hot-fire test. The engine was fired at 50 percent power for three seconds, according to Ars Technica. Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine ...
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.
New Shepard. New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the first American to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The vehicle is capable of vertical takeoff and landings. Additionally, it is also capable of ...