Our first commercial destination concept was revealed in late 2021. Called “Orbital Reef,” it is architected as a mixed-use business park 250 miles above Earth. Blue Origin continues to achieve milestones for NASA’s Commercial LEO Development program, referred …

Orbital Reef is a low Earth orbit (LEO) space station under development. It is designed by Blue Origin and Sierra Space for commercial space activities and space tourism uses. Blue Origin has referred to it as a "mixed-use business park". [1] . The companies released preliminary concepts for the station on 25 October 2021.

Oct 25, 2021 · Blue Origin and Sierra Space today announced plans for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit.

Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos with the vision of enabling a future where millions of people are living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.

Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable rocket reaching orbit on its maiden flight is a significant achievement that will allow Jeff Bezos’ company to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the launch industry.

Jan 15, 2025 · Blue Origin entered into the history books in the predawn hours of Thursday. The company, founded by Jeff Bezos, became the first to successfully reach orbit on their first launch with a new...

Jan 16, 2025 · Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is a 320-foot heavy-lift launch vehicle that rivals SpaceX's 400-foot Starship in size. Its first stage, powered …

Jan 13, 2025 · Blue Origin’s first orbital launch, called New Glenn-1, will be a pathfinder flight to gather flight data for Space Force certification. The flight will be the rocket’s first, so above all, the goal is to see how New Glenn performs in real-world conditions.

Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn's launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Jan 4, 2025 · On a Florida launchpad that has been dormant for almost two decades, a new, roughly 320-foot (98-meter) rocket — developed by Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin — is poised for its maiden flight.