Launch
Kent, WA, US
Blue Origin
New Glenn, New Shepard, BE-4 engines, Blue Moon. Based in Kent, WA, US, founded 2000 by Jeff Bezos.
- Where
- Kent, WA, US
- Founded
- 2000
- Staff
- 3,501
No chief executive on record here, and no disclosed holdings on file, which above 5% would come from SEC filings. We show a name only where we can point at the page it came from.
Where they are 9
Headquarters in Kent, and hiring in 8 other places on their live postings: Space Coast Regional Airport, Huntsville, Van Horn, Longmont, Los Angeles, Arlington and 2 more. Every company on one map →
New Glenn, New Shepard, BE-4 engines, Blue Moon.
Open roles 376
All 376 open roles, prefiltered on the jobs index →
Launch record 1 flown
The record shows 1 flown and 4 scheduled, from Apr 19, 2026 onward, 1 of them recorded by both Launch Library and the Wikipedia launch lists. This is what we hold rather than the company's full history: our launch record begins where our collection does.
| Date | Mission | Outcome | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2026 | New Glenn | NG-4/LN-01 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | New Glenn | NG-6 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | New Glenn | NG-7 | Go | ||
| Dec 3, 2026 | New Glenn | NG-5 | Go | ||
| Apr 19, 2026 | New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2 | Failure | F | 0 |
On the record 3 claims
- Missed in the next couple of weeks November 2025
- At risk We want to be hardware rich. So, you know, we want to try to keep building as fast as we can,… During 2026
- At risk We will return to flight by the end of this year. End of 2026
Of these, 2 at risk, 1 missed. Each claim's full quote, source and evidence is on Claims & outcomes.
In the news 5
- U.S. Air Force expands Blue Origin rocket cargo contract
- Blue Origin continues rebuilding LC-36, prepares testing alternatives for New Glenn second stage
- Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stages at Stennis
- Blue Origin to conduct New Glenn second stage hot fires on Stennis B-2 stand
- NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis