NASA taps Blue Origin for first private lunar lander on path to Moon base
TL;DR
NASA picked Blue Origin to fly the first of three uncrewed lunar missions, funding roughly $230 million toward the initial two lander missions to test payloads and tech for a future Moon base, with SpaceX as a competing option for crew landers and Artemis missions; the plan pursues an iterative, privately supported path to a sustained lunar presence by the 2030s.
- Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions The Guardian
- NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base NBC News
- NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy, Missions NASA (.gov)
- NASA moon mission latest: Space agency unveils massive plan to settle on moon - with eyes on Mars next Sky News
- From Apollo to Artemis: Exploring the Lunar Surface NASA (.gov)
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