Blue Origin

Private companyFounded 2000Kent, Washington, USA
blueorigin.com
11kEmployees
0Active missions
PrivateOwnership

Blue Origin is a privately held American spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000 and based in Kent, Washington. It developed the reusable New Shepard suborbital vehicle, which flies crewed and research flights past the Kármán line, and is bringing the orbital-class New Glenn rocket into service. The company manufactures the BE-3 and BE-4 rocket engines, the latter supplying United Launch Alliance's Vulcan, and is developing the Blue Moon lunar lander under a NASA Human Landing System contract. It is not publicly traded.

Private company — financial figures are public estimates. Privately held by Jeff Bezos; not publicly traded.

FoundedSeptember 8, 2000
HeadquartersKent, Washington, USA
Employees~12,6002025 · press reporting
TypePrivate company
WikidataQ1100969
Blue Origin — clAIp