Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace manufacturer and space exploration company founded in 2000 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. Headquartered in Kent, Washington, Blue Origin develops and operates a broad portfolio of space systems including the New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket, the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, BE-4 and BE-3 rocket engines, the Blue Moon lunar lander, the TeraWave space-based connectivity system, and the Blue Ring multi-mission space vehicle. Through its subsidiary Honeybee Robotics, the company also designs and builds space robotics systems. Blue Origin employs approximately 10,000+ people and is privately funded by Jeff Bezos.