According to the Financial Times (FT), Jeff Bezos' rocket company is trying to extend its spaceflight business beyond the United States.
Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Following years of development, the business began utilizing its suborbital New Shepard rocket to transport paying customers to the edge of space in 2021.
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith told the Financial Times that the company is currently looking for additional collaborations and acquisitions in Europe and worldwide as part of its ambitions to expand its launch and engine business and compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX
It also intends to create a new launch facility outside of the United States, though Smith said the search for a place is still in its early stages.
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Blue Origin recently inked a $3.4 billion deal with NASA to build a lunar lander for the space agency's Artemis program, and is developing a new, more powerful rocket called New G
lenn that will be used to carry Amazon's internet satellites to orbit for a project similar to SpaceX's Starlink service. The New Glenn is slated to fly for the first time next year.
Blue Origin also intends to construct a privately funded space station, one of several that would replace the International Space Station when it is decommissioned in 2031.
Blue Origin is also struggling with recent failures, including the breakdown of its New Shepard rocket during a launch in September. The crew capsule was empty, but it ejected from the rocket as planned and returned safely to Earth. Engineers at Blue Origin have been exploring the problem and want to perform an unmanned test flight in the coming weeks. If all goes well, New Shepard might resume passenger service in a month or two, according to Smith.
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