![]() ![]() "Before that, we have a number of test launches and landings that we'll be we'll be releasing here soon." "We'll be testing our full lander systems and the full architecture prior to any astronauts entering the vehicle and that will be roughly one year prior," John Couluris, Blue Origin vice president of lunar transportation, said Friday. A substantial redesign to accommodate more cargo and crew has been added since then. ![]() Once Orion docks with Gateway, two astronauts will transfer to Blue Origin’s human landing system for about a weeklong trip to the moon’s south pole region where they will conduct science and exploration activities," NASA said in a statement.īlue Origin, owned and personally funded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world's richest person, initially debuted plans for its Blue Moon lander in 2019. "For the Artemis V mission, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts to lunar orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft. International Space Station: NASA, international partners agree on cooperation on the ISS through 2028īlue Origin's reusable lander called "Blue Moon" was selected deliver astronauts to the lunar surface for the agency's Artemis V mission slated for no earlier than 2029. "An additional, different lander will help ensure that we have the hardware necessary for a series of landings to carry out the science and technology development on the surface of the moon," said Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, during Friday's announcement. − Blue Origin, along with partners Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics, was announced Friday as the second company selected by NASA to develop a human lunar lander system for Artemis missions to the moon.īlue Origin joins SpaceX and its Starship vehicle as the only other company selected to develop spacecraft to carry Artemis astronauts to the surface of the moon in an effort that NASA calls "Sustaining Lunar Development." Blue Origin's NASA contract is valued at $3.4 billion.
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