Inside the Alabama stop on Blue Origin’s journey to the moon Updated Mar 09, 2021; Posted Mar 08, 2021 A Blue Origin employee stands beside a "pathfinder" model of the company's planned lunar lander at the company's plant in Huntsville, Ala. Blue Origin is leading a team competing to be part of the space agency's return to the moon but is also planning its own commercial future there. Facebook Share Blue Origin’s rocket engine plant in Huntsville, Ala., is the size of three city blocks. Objects on one side can be larger – much larger - than they appear from the other side.