Top Talent Departs Blue Origin Following NASA Suit | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-07.07.25

Airborne-NextGen-07.08.25

AirborneUnlimited-07.09.25

Airborne-FlightTraining-07.10.25

AirborneUnlimited-07.11.25

Tue, Aug 24, 2021

Top Talent Departs Blue Origin Following NASA Suit

Bezos’ Wild Summer Continues

Jeff Bezos has been having a summer of ups and downs, first going to space and now losing some of his top talent at Blue Origin. 

According to a number of media sources, 17 key leaders have made their departure along with two engineers, Nitin Arora and Lauren Lyons. Arora now works for Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Lyons, Firefly Aerospace.

Lyons was a Lead Systems Engineer in the Advanced Development Programs division at Blue Origin, who held roles in the Requirements, Verification, Validation, and Certification team for the Artemis Human Landing System National Team. Before that, she worked as a senior engineer at SpaceX where she worked on Falcon 9, Starlink, Cargo Dragon, and Crew Dragon.

She will now join Firefly as the COO.

Nitin Arora worked as mission architecture and integration lead on Blue Origin’s Human Landing System National Team, before announcing on his LinkedIn page on Monday that he left the company to join the team at SpaceX.

Those who have left did not specify why.

In April, Bezos’ company Blue Origin lost its bid for a NASA development contract for the Human Landing System program, while SpaceX was announced as the awardee.

Blue Origin protested the decision to award SpaceX as the sole winner of the contract and has continued to do so before suing NASA in regards to that decision in federal court last Monday.

Ten days after Bezo’s arrival back to earth on July 20, Blue Origin gave all of its full-time employees a no-strings-attached $10,000 bonus. The company confirmed with CNBC that it was intended as a “thank you” for achieving the milestone of launching people to space. The company has nearly 4,000 employees around the US.

FMI: www.blueorigin.com

 


Advertisement

More News

NTSB Final Report: Aviat A1

Airplane Bounced About 3 Ft Then Touched Back Down And Then, With No Brakes Applied, The Airplane Began Veering To The Left Analysis: The pilot entered the airport traffic pattern >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.08.25)

Aero Linx: British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) The primary focus within all aviation activity is SAFETY. In all aspects of our sport SAFETY must come first, whether it b>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: Fly Corvair’s Reliable Engine Alternative

From SnF25 (YouTube Edition): William Wynne Builds Practical Aircraft Engines on the Corvair Platform Seeking an affordable alternative to the traditional aircraft engine options, >[...]

ANN FAQ: Contributing To Aero-TV

How To Get A Story On Aero-TV News/Feature Programming How do I submit a story idea or lead to Aero-TV? If you would like to submit a story idea or lead, please contact Jim Campbel>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: CiES Fuel-Quantity and e-Throttle Systems Praised

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Bridge of CiES CiES Inc. is a Bend, Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of modular embedded aircraft systems and sensors. The company’s fuel-l>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC