On Saturday, December 20, 2025, Blue Origin transported six passengers on an incredible trip beyond Earth’s atmosphere. At 8:15am CST the New Shepard rocket took off from Launch Site One, also known as Corn Ranch, nestled in the Guadalupe Mountains near Van Horn, TX, and its crew included the first person to enter space in a wheelchair.
On Thursday afternoon in Florida, a roar echoed over the Atlantic as Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 36. Liftoff was at 3:55 p.m. Eastern, right in the middle of an 88-minute window that had been clear of previous issues. The vehicle, painted white and blue, rose steadily on clouds of fire from its seven BE-4 engines, carrying two small, but mighty, spacecraft from NASA.
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is back from the dead. After being cancelled in 2024 and pissing off scientists and lawmakers, NASA has contracted Blue Origin to take this golf cart sized rover to the moon’s south pole in late 2027. This is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and is a big step towards unlocking the moon’s secrets and paving the way for humans to live off the land in space.
Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission successfully launched from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. CDT) this morning, marking the 11th crewed flight of the New Shepard rocket. This was a historic suborbital flight, notable for being the first all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo mission in 1963.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn NG-1 mission has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was postponed twice – January 10 and 12 – due to rough offshore weather that could affect a rocket landing on the company’s recovery ship in the Atlantic.
Blue Origin successfully launched their 27th mission today, and it also marked the debut of their second human-rated vehicle for the New Shepard program, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand.
Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut was fortunate enough to get an up-close look at Blue Origin‘s new Glenn launch pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) and recorded the tour for us all to enjoy. The New Glenn vehicle is named after John Glenn and stands more than 320 feet high, with a seven-meter payload fairing.
Blue Origin successfully completed their 7th crewed flight to the edge of space. The crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate but never had the opportunity to fly.
Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th New Shepard flight after launching from its West Texas West site on Tuesday at approximately 11:44 a.m. EST. The first stage of the rocket safely touched down near its landing site, as planned, while the spacecraft parachuted to Earth.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils the Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar cargo lander that is planned to be launched within three years and remain on the lunar surface. In addition to providing safe, reliable, and affordable access to the lunar environment, it offers cargo transport, leveraging the 7-meter fairing of the New Glenn launch vehicle, to deliver up to three metric tons anywhere on the Moon.