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NASA plans to resume crewed Moon missions with Artemis III in 2027 to test rendezvous/docking with private lunar landers, followed by Artemis IV and Artemis V in 2028 to target the Moon’s south pole for a potential base and to use ice as water and rocket fuel, marking a major step toward a sustained lunar presence and the first lunar surface mission since 1972.
Blue Origin is making progress in its space programs, including the development of the New Glenn rocket and the construction of the Orbital Reef space station. Infrastructure work is underway at the Cape, with the vertical assembly building and the Reef Pathfinder building being constructed. Blue Origin has also resumed fairing drop tests and has been conducting tests on New Glenn upper stage and first stage tanks. The company's BE-4 engine performed well in a test for United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Additionally, Blue Origin won the contract for the Artemis V lander, its largest contract to date, and is preparing to resume operations of its New Shepard suborbital rocket.
NASA has selected Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to develop the lander for its Artemis V mission, which will send astronauts back to the moon. Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify the lander to meet NASA's human landing system requirements. The company will also have an uncrewed demonstration mission to the moon's surface before a crewed demonstration on the Artemis V mission scheduled for 2029. NASA previously set up a contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to demonstrate an initial human landing system for Artemis III.