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Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos's rocket company. It builds the New Glenn heavy rocket, the Blue Moon lunar landers, one of which NASA plans to use for astronaut landings, and the Blue Ring spacecraft. It paused New Shepard tourist flights in 2026 to focus on the Moon.

Products, by altitude

The Moon · 384,400 km from Earth

  • Testing

    Blue Moon MK1

    Uncrewed lander that delivers cargo to the Moon

Earth to Moon · 35,786–384,400 km

  • In development

    Blue Ring

    Spacecraft that carries and deploys other companies' payloads

Edge of space · 80–160 km

  • Paused

    New Shepard

    Reusable rocket for short trips to the edge of space

Launch · From the pad to orbit

  • Paused

    New Glenn

    Heavy rocket whose first stage lands on a ship

Milestones

  • May 2026 A New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral, ahead of a planned launch of 48 Amazon Leo satellites.⁠1
  • Jan 2026 Paused New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to move staff and money to lunar lander work.⁠2

Sources

  1. CNBCMay 29, 2026
  2. CNBCJan 30, 2026

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