Endurance Moon Lander Advances Through NASA Vacuum Chamber Tests

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Endurance Moon Lander Advances Through NASA Vacuum Chamber Tests
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Blue Origin completed environmental testing of its uncrewed lunar lander MK1, Endurance, inside NASA's Thermal Vacuum Chamber A to simulate space conditions. The CLPS mission will carry two NASA payloads—the Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies and the Laser Retroreflective Array—while validating precision landing, cryogenic propulsion, and autonomous control in support of Artemis and future MK2 crewed missions.

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