Blue Origin

Blue Origin

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Kent, WA 495,454 followers

About us

We are building a road to space for the benefit of Earth, humanity’s blue origin. Our team is focused on radically reducing the cost of access to space and harnessing its vast resources while mobilizing future generations to realize this mission. Blue Origin builds reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles, in-space systems, and lunar landers. Discover more at BlueOrigin.com. *We hope you engage with us and our community. However, we reserve the right to remove derogatory or off-topic comments from our social media accounts. Thank you for understanding.*

Website
https://www.blueorigin.com/
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Kent, WA
Type
Privately Held

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  • Blue Origin reposted this

    Well, all we have left to do is mate our encapsulated payload…and then LAUNCH! Congrats to the many Blue folks on today's test. Big day for our seven #BE4 engines, simultaneously firing for the first time for 24 seconds. Get this – a single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car. When all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt. The launch pad is the harshest environment for a vehicle, experiencing intense shaking from full engine thrust across the entire spectrum. To mitigate this, our water tower, one of the tallest in the world at 353 feet, plays a crucial role—storing water that is piped into the flame deflector, the launch table, and across the launch pad deck, providing thermal protection, and dampening as much acoustic energy as possible during liftoff. Our water deluge system expels around 400,000 gal/min during launch, with a good portion quickly turning into steam.

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  • Blue Origin reposted this

    Why is Blue Ring so important? There is a growing demand to quickly move and position equipment and infrastructure in multiple orbits. Blue Ring has advanced propulsion and communication capabilities for government and commercial customers to handle these maneuvers precisely and efficiently. This Blue Ring Pathfinder is equipped with storage and compute virtualization to demonstrate anomaly detection using machine learning. Its mission kit provides high-performance, radiation-tolerant compute and storage akin to today’s cloud-based offerings.

  • We appreciate seeing Blue and all the companies on Forbes' Best Employers for Engineers in 2025. Engineers tackle complex challenges, especially in space exploration. We are thankful for every Blue engineer who is building a road to space for the benefit of Earth and inspiring future generations through our nonprofit Club for the Future.

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    Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to assemble our first-ever ranking of America’s Best Employers For Engineers, a list to help workers match their engineering prowess with employers that offer competitive compensation, challenging work, and an engaging environment. SEE LIST: https://trib.al/aBo6R7O

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  • "We got to weightlessness, I immediately turned upside down and looked at the planet and then there was so much blackness. There was so much space. I didn’t expect to see so much space, and I kept saying that’s our planet! That’s our planet! It was the same feeling I got when my kids were born, and I was like, ‘That's my baby! That’s my baby!’ I had that same feeling where I’m seeing it for the first time, and it was beautiful."— Emily Calandrelli, NS-28 Astronaut

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