Blue Origin to Build Lunar Lander for NASA's Artemis Program

NASA has awarded a $3.4bn contract to Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to build a spacecraft that will send astronauts to and from the surface of the moon under the Artemis program. Blue Origin will design, test and develop a "lander" in coordination with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Draper, and Astrobotic. The contract requires Blue Origin to offer a demonstration of an uncrewed mission to the moon, followed by a crewed voyage that would take astronauts to the lunar surface, scheduled for 2029.