Blue Origin opens Lunar Plant 1 and New Glenn rocket factory on Florida Space Coast

Blue Origin opened Lunar Plant 1 at its Florida Space Coast complex to manufacture Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar landers for NASA's Artemis program, and unveiled a massive New Glenn rocket factory in Brevard County where New Glenn vehicles are moving down the production line toward upcoming launches.

Discovered 2025-09-26T20:51:54.597613-07:00 | 2025-09-26T20:51:54.597613-07:00

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  • Adds dedicated production capacity for Blue Moon Mark 2 landers and New Glenn rockets, directly supporting ongoing Artemis hardware buildup and Blue Origin's near-term launch manifest: https://hype.aero/?story=fb811a39-cd41-4361-8f60-5f35abb2f302
  • Expands industrial footprint at Cape Canaveral as Florida launch activity and infrastructure upgrades accelerate; this complements regulatory and base changes that enable higher launch cadence: https://hype.aero/?story=def27998-0ea5-47d1-9d0a-b67a09dd468f and https://hype.aero/?story=c6af9d9b-00ab-46b2-9943-a1766ba93b7b
  • Signals Blue Origin is scaling lunar and in-space systems in parallel with its Blue Alchemist development and growing competition for lunar surface logistics and contracts: https://hype.aero/?story=292b49e0-718f-4a50-98ed-0e0c012becfa and https://hype.aero/?story=348bc539-1dca-4b7b-ab84-6ae04b42a609

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