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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

In their words

“We would like to see a lander a month going to the surface of the Moon. I think Jeff has even publicly stated that he'd like to see one every two weeks going to the surface of the Moon.”

“In August of 2027, we'll be launching [NASA's] VIPER [rover] mission, and that is driven by a science window.”

Iain Beveridge, Senior Director, Blue Moon MK1Seattle Space Superiority Summit (S4) · Building for lunar permanence · Oct 21, 2026Transcribed from the session⁠1

Known rounds

DateRoundAmountLed by
Sep 2026Owner funding$32BJeff Bezos⁠2
Sep 2026Equity round (first outside funding)$10B—⁠2
Apr 2017Owner funding$1BJeff Bezos⁠3

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.⁠4
  • Jan 2026 Paused New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to move staff and money to lunar lander work.⁠5

Sources

  1. FUSE, Seattle Space Superiority Summit (S4) agendaOct 21, 2026 Names the speaker and session. The quotes on this page are our own transcription of the session; no public recording has been posted.
  2. Investing.com (via Yahoo Finance), citing The Wall Street JournalSep 24, 2026
  3. FortuneApr 5, 2017
  4. CNBCMay 29, 2026
  5. CNBCJan 30, 2026

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