Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, is a private American space technology company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Its mission is to enable a future where millions of people live and work in space for the benefit of Earth. Blue Origin focuses on developing reusable launch vehicles, rocket engines, spacecraft, satellites, and in-space systems. The company operates the suborbital New Shepard rocket, designed for space tourism and research, and the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, intended for significant payload capacity and first-stage reusability. In addition to its own rockets, Blue Origin supplies engines for other vehicles, including United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur. Dave Limp is the current CEO.
Blue Origin is also working on the Blue Moon human lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program, the Blue Ring spacecraft platform, and the Orbital Reef space station in partnership with other organizations. On January 16, 2025, Blue Origin reached orbit with the first launch of the New Glenn vehicle. In January 2026, the company decided to pause tourism launches of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years to focus resources on lunar landing efforts for the Artemis program. On January 22, 2026, Blue Origin successfully completed the 38th flight for the New Shepard program and first of 2026. Blue Origin also announced TeraWave, a 6 Tbps space-based network for global connectivity in January 2026.
