- 00-00-2000 Founded
- 00-00-2006 New Shepard (NS, fully reusable suborbital launch vehicle)
- 00-11-2006 First test vehicle was launched, the Goddard rocket, which reached an altitude of 285 feet
- 00-00-2012 New Glenn (NG, heavy lift vehicle)
- 00-09-2016 New Glenn (NG)
- 00-05-2019 Blue Moon announced
- 20-07-2021 New Shepard (NS) performed its first crewed mission to sub-orbital space called Blue Origin NS-16.
- 09-02-2023 NASA announced on February 9, 2023, that it had selected the New Glenn (NG) heavy-lift launch vehicle for the launch of two Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) spacecraft.
- 12-09-2022 New Shepard flight (NS mishap).
- 26-09-2023 The Federal Aviation Administration announced it had closed the mishap investigation into a failed launch by Blue Origin’s New Shepard (NS) vehicle more than a year ago, but said the vehicle is not yet cleared to resume flights. The FAA said in a statement that is closed the investigation into the New Shepard (NS) payload-only suborbital mission designated NS-23 that took place in September 2022. On that flight, the main engine failed about a minute into flight, triggering the abort motor in the vehicle’s crew capsule. That capsule, carrying payloads but no people, landed safely under parachutes, while the propulsion module crashed. In its statement, the FAA said it identified 21 corrective actions that Blue Origin is required to complete to prevent the mishap from happening again. The agency did not enumerate the actions but said they included a redesign of engine and nozzle components to improve its structural performance as well as “organizational changes.” Closing the investigation does not itself allow the company to resume New Shepard (NS) flights. The company must, at a minimum, demonstrate to the FAA it has implemented the recommendations related to public safety before the agency will issue a modified launch license. The FAA declined to say how many of the 21 corrective actions are linked to public safety.
- 19-12-2023 Launch NS-24.
- 01-02-2024 Integration NG: Booster and BE-4.
- 21-02-2024 New Glenn vehicle rolled out and for the first time on the pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). First view of the advanced heavy-lift vehicle, which will support a multitude of customer missions and Blue Origin programs, including returning to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
- 24-09-2024 NG second stage hot fire test.
Flight 1: 16-01-2025 New Glenn-1
- 16-01-2025 Flight 1 of NG, NG-1, Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
- 16-01-2025 Blue Ring is a spacecraft platform (called Pathfinder) designed to support spacecraft operation under development by Blue Origin. The platform is capable of refueling, transporting and hosting satellites.
- 16-01-2025 Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’ Blue Origin units: MPH and FT/MI. Locations: Kent, WA (Headquarters and Mission Control) and Huntsville, AL (Engine factory). NG-1 is a 32-story building with 3.9 million pounds of thrust with seven BE-4 engines on the booster.
- 16-01-2025 Results: Launch and deployment. The booster managed to fire up three of its engines in a reentry burn as planned. Frozen data Booster at 4.285 MPH Velocity and 84.226 FT Altitude. Booster missed its landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean.
Flight 2: 13-11-2025 New Glenn-2
- Booster: GS1-SN002: Never Tell Me The Odds.
- Payload: ESCAPADE (2 spacecraft) and a payload from Viasat.
- Payload mass: 1,070 kg.
- Cape Canaveral, LC‑36.
- Orbit: Sun-Earth L2 to Areocentric.
- 13-11-2025 A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. Viasat Tech Demonstration, application mounted on the spacecraft, no satellite.
- 13-11-2025 This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from 13-10-2024. Delayed from mid-August. Delayed from 29-09-2025. Delayed from 09-11-2025 due to poor weather. Delayed from 12-11-2025 due to solar activity.
- 13-11-2025 Launch window: 1 hour and 28 minutes: 02:57 – 04:25 PM EST, 19:57 – 21:25 UTC, 20:57 – 22:25 CET.
- 13-11-2025 Hold 1: At T-00:00:20 (On internal power, deluge not activated. Reset to T-00:33:00).
- 13-11-2025 Hold 2: At T-00:17:04 (Before go-poll for Terminal Count. Reset to T-00:18:45).
- 13-11-2025 New Glenn-2 mission successful.
Footnote
- Sources: funkystuff.org
- Outgoing: Blue Origin
- Keywords: New Glenn, lunar lander