NASA has selected Blue Origin for a $3.4 billion contract to create a human landing system for the Artemis V mission, set for 2029. This move aims to spur competition, decrease costs, and support recurrent lunar landings, all while paving the way for future Mars missions. To develop a human landi
Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander. NASA has contracted Blue Origin to develop a human landing system for the Artemis V mission to the Moon, which is set for 2029. As part of the $3.4 billion contract, Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify the Blue Moon lander, which will have the capacity for recurrent astronaut missions to the lunar surface. Credit: Blue Originhas selected Blue Origin for a $3.
Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA’s human landing system requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to the lunar surface, including docking with Gateway, a space station where crew transfer in lunar orbit. In addition to design and development work, the contract includes one uncrewed demonstration mission to the lunar surface before a crewed demo on the Artemis V mission in 2029.
“Today we are excited to announce Blue Origin will build a human landing system as NASA’s second provider to deliver Artemis astronauts to the lunar surface,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “We are in a golden age of human spaceflight, which is made possible by NASA’s commercial and international partnerships. Together, we are making an investment in the infrastructure that will pave the way to land the first astronauts on Mars.
An illustration of a suited Artemis astronaut looking out of a Moon lander hatch across the lunar surface, the Lunar Terrain Vehicle and other surface elements. Credit: NASA rocket will launch four astronauts to lunar orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft. Once Orion docks with, 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.
Adding another human landing system partner to NASA’s Artemis program will increase competition, reduce costs to taxpayers, support a regular cadence of lunar landings, further invest in the lunar economy, and helpThe agency previously
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