NASA Revises Artemis Lunar Landing Plans for SpaceX and Blue Origin

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will face off in orbit next year, NASA confirms. ‘As a rocket nerd, it’s going to be pretty awesome’

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that the space agency is still on track to launch Artemis III next summer on a docking exercise with Elon Musk’s and Jeff Bezos’…

NASA Revises Artemis Lunar Landing Plans for SpaceX and Blue Origin

NASA announced revised Artemis lunar landing plans on October 23, 2026, giving SpaceX and Blue Origin different routes for delivering astronauts to the Moon. SpaceX’s lander would meet Orion in Earth orbit and propel the joined spacecraft toward the Moon. Blue Origin would assemble its transportation hardware in Earth orbit, send its lander ahead, and meet Orion in lunar orbit. Both approaches replace the previously planned rendezvous in a near-…