Dossier // 01-BO-PRG
Blue Origin Program
A high-density technical record of Blue Origin's orbital and suborbital operations. Merging flight manifest data with Sam.gov procurement signals and verified engineering milestones.
New Shepard Snapshot
Human Flight Status
Official totals, latest mission, and current launch posture.
Flights Tracked
38
New Shepard missions in feed
Humans Flown
98
92 unique individuals
Last Flight
NS-38Upcoming Flights
0
Listed in current launch feed
Program Status
Paused
Flights are paused for no less than two years while Blue Origin prioritizes orbital operations.
Status source: Blue Origin (January 30, 2026)
01 Flight Manifests
Crew and payloads are rendered by verified flight roster when official seat indexes are unavailable. Manifests start at the earliest flight and cycle infinitely.
Manifest 1 / 45
New Shepard | NS-1
Status: Success
Capsule
New Shepard | NS-1
02 Hardware Catalog
Architectural overview of propulsion systems and space vehicles.
Blue Origin's lunar lander family and mission architecture for Artemis and lunar cargo or crewed surface logistics campaigns.
Blue Origin's in-space logistics and mobility platform for long-duration operations, hosting, transportation, and mission services.
Blue Origin's heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle program supporting commercial, civil, and national security mission classes.
Blue Origin's reusable suborbital system for human spaceflight and research payloads, with vertically landed booster operations.
BE-3PM powers New Shepard with reusable vertical-launch and landing mission profiles for suborbital flight.
BE-3U is the vacuum-optimized BE-3 derivative used for upper-stage mission architecture planning.
BE-4 is Blue Origin's methane-oxygen staged-combustion engine family for heavy-lift launch integration.
BE-7 is the lunar landing engine program for Blue Moon, designed for precision descent and throttle control.
03 Procurement Records
Linked SAM.gov contract awards, SAM.gov opportunities, and USASpending financial records.
Financial Audit Trail
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Related procurement leads
Relevant Blue Origin awards and notices that are in scope for the hub but still awaiting an exact story join.
Relevant SAM.gov leads will appear here when records are in scope for Blue Origin but not yet safely attached to an exact contract story.
04 Intelligence Signal
Unified stream of technical milestones and official social intelligence.
Unified Intelligence Feed
Blue Origin program tracking baseline
Program-level fallback event keeps timeline continuity when feed-derived events are sparse.
05 Media Evidence
Tracked image and video archive supporting program evidence.
Program Media Evidence
20 Tracked Assets
New Glenn | Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2 & VIPER
Launch cache
New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
Launch cache
NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars
NASA
Blue Origin to reuse New Glenn booster on next launch
SpaceNews
Blue Origin flies first New Shepard mission of 2026
SpaceNews
Blue Origin makes impressive strides with reuse—next launch will refly booster
Arstechnica
New Shepard | NS-38
Launch cache
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 set to launch two missions from California, Isar to attempt second launch of Spectrum
NASASpaceflight
Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars
SpaceDaily
Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space
SpaceNews
First Wheelchair User Flies to Space
SpacePolicyOnline.com
Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch
SpaceDaily
The Journey of NS-38
From training to touchdown. This is the story of NS-38. On January 22, Blue Origin successfully completed its 38th flight for the New Shepard program.
New Shepard Mission NS-38: Apogee
Six different stories. One unforgettable journey to space.
Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-38 Webcast
On Jan. 22, Blue Origin successfully completed its 38th New Shepard mission and 17th human flight from Launch Site One in West Texas. The crew included: Tim Drexler, Linda Edwards, Alain Fernandez, Alberto Gutiérrez, Jim Hendren, and Laura Stiles. To date, New Shepard has flown 98 humans (92 individuals) into space. Learn more: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-38-mission
Blue Origin 2025 Recap
A look back at 2025. The milestones, the mission, and the momentum.
The Journey of NS-37
Every New Shepard mission helps us build a more accessible future in space. On December 20, Blue Origin successfully launched the 37th flight of the New Shepard program.
New Shepard Mission NS-37: Apogee
Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-37 Webcast
On December 20, Blue Origin successfully completed its 37th New Shepard mission and 16th human flight from Launch Site One in West Texas. The crew included: Michaela Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell. To date, New Shepard has flown 92 people (86 individuals) into space. Learn more: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-37-mission
NS-37: Michaela (Michi) Benthaus
Michaela (Michi) Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user to cross the Kármán line. Her story, advocacy, and passion are evident in everything she does.