#Blue Origin

Blue Origin is reportedly considering external fundraising for the first time as it tries to raise launch cadence, expand infrastructure and compete more aggressively in the commercial space market.

Starfighters Space has hired two former Blue Origin managers to strengthen operations as it works toward suborbital demonstrations and, eventually, low Earth orbit satellite deployment.

Blue Origin’s uncrewed Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander has completed environmental testing in one of NASA’s largest thermal vacuum chambers, marking a key step before a planned lunar South Pole mission later this year

Blue Origin’s third New Glenn launch achieved a first-stage reuse milestone, but AST SpaceMobile’s Bluebird 7 satellite was placed into an off-nominal orbit.

New Glenn’s third flight ended with an upper-stage malfunction that placed AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 into an off-nominal orbit too low for recovery, dealing Blue Origin a setback as it seeks a higher launch tempo.

Blue Origin achieved a major reusability milestone with New Glenn, yet the mission also exposed how far the company still has to go after its payload was left in a lower-than-planned orbit.

Blue Origin achieved its first reflight and landing of an orbital-class New Glenn booster, a major step for reusability, before an upper stage problem undercut the mission’s overall success.

Blue Origin achieved a major reusable-launch milestone with a second successful New Glenn booster landing, but the mission still fell short after AST SpaceMobile’s satellite was left in an unusably low orbit.

Blue Origin’s third New Glenn mission is set to test the company’s first reused booster while carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to low Earth orbit.

Blue Origin has completed a static fire of the first previously flown New Glenn booster, a step that could clear the way for a launch of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird-7 satellite as soon as Sunday, April

The U.S. Space Force has down-selected Blue Origin to continue toward a lease at Space Launch Complex 14, a key step in bringing New Glenn operations to Vandenberg Space Force Base.

With Orion and the rocket performing well on Artemis II, NASA’s biggest open question is whether its commercial moon landers can be simplified and accelerated without breaking the wider mission design.

TechCrunch argues Artemis II is likely the last U.S. crewed moon mission built without major help from venture-backed space companies, setting up a sharper handoff to SpaceX and Blue Origin next.