Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon. by Alan Boyle on March 11, 2025 at 3:22 pm March 11, 2025 at 3:28 pm. Share 64 Tweet Share Reddit Email.

Blue Origin representatives said that the lander, called Blue Moon, will be ready for the planned landing of the Artemis 5 mission in 2029, after test launches and landings. "We'll be testing out ...

Blue Origin is also working on the Blue Moon Mark 1, a robotic lander capable of placing up to three metric tons on the lunar surface. It uses some of the same technologies, such as the BE-7 ...

The Pathfinder Mission would be funded by Blue Origin, but NASA is providing support for other Blue Moon missions. Blue Origin’s $3.4 billion contract with NASA calls for the crewed lander to be ...

Blue Origin is preparing to land on the moon within the year, marking a significant step in private space exploration. The ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing against Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop spacecraft intended to ferry astronauts to the ...

Images from the event were shared on social media by both Blue Origin and Nelson. “We unveiled our nearly 3-story Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander demonstrator,” Blue Origin said in its post, adding ...

However, NASA, with the backing of key congressional leaders, has held an iron grip on having its own heavy-lift launcher and crew capsule to ferry astronauts between Earth and destinations beyond low ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

Private Japanese firm ispace, which failed at its second Moon landing in June, has revealed what caused its HAKUTO-R lander ...

Two other US companies are aiming for Moon landings by year’s end: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Astrobotic Technology. Astrobotic’s first lunar lander missed the Moon altogether in 2024 and came ...

N ASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon’s south ...