NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander

Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander.Blue Origin's lander was selected for the Artemis 5 mission, currently scheduled to take place in 2029. The company will first have to demonstrate it can safely land on the Moon without a crew.Bezos, the fo…

NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX. Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday to lead a team to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. NASA will get astronauts to lunar orbit using its own…

NASA taps Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander for Artemis 5 mission

The Artemis program marks NASA's return to the Moon after more than 50 years and is made up of several missions, each with increasing complexity.

NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.