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Blue Origin
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Blue Origin, LLC is an American aerospace manufacturer, defense contractor, launch service provider and space exploration company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States. The company makes rocket engines for United Launch Alliance (ULA) and other customers as well as manufactures rockets, spacecrafts and heavy-lift launch vehicles. The company was selected as the second provider for lunar lander services for NASA's Artemis program and was awarded a $3.4 billion contract. The company has three rocket engines in production including the BE-3U, BE-3PM and BE-4. The company is working on a fourth rocket engine called the BE-7 which is still under development and when completed may be used on planetary bodies other than Earth.
The company was awarded the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 2016 for demonstrating rocket booster reusability with their New Shepard Rocket Program. The award is administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and is presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."
The company was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and current executive chairman of Amazon. Rob Meyerson joined the company in 2003 and served as the CEO before leaving the company in 2018. The current CEO is Bob Smith. Little is known about the company's activities in its early years. In 2006, the company purchased land for its New Shepard missions 30 miles North of Van Horn, Texas, United States called Launch Site One (LS1). In November 2006, the first test vehicle was launched, the Goddard rocket, which reached an altitude of 285 feet.
After initiating the development of an orbital rocket system prior to 2012, and stating in 2013 on their website that the first stage would perform a powered vertical landing and be reusable, the company publicly announced their orbital launch vehicle intentions in September 2015.
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