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Blue Origin previously won its first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) delivery for 2025 using its Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lander to carry NASA payloads.
NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region.
Blue Origin has obtained a second HLS contract with NASA and is developing the Blue Moon MK2 for future Artemis missions.
Blue Origin must demonstrate that Blue Moon can land on the Moon before receiving the full award.
Blue Origin will use the second unit of the Blue Moon MK1 lander to transport VIPER to the Moon in late 2027.
The full award for the Blue Origin task order is worth $190 million, but the company is guaranteed only a fraction for design work and a demonstration landing.
Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK1 lander is currently in production.
Blue Moon Mark 1 is the lander that Blue Origin will use to take VIPER to the Moon.
NASA will award a $190 million contract to Blue Origin for delivering the 450-kilogram VIPER rover on the second Mark I lander if the first flight goes well.
Blue Origin is responsible for the complete landing mission architecture for the lunar volatiles science rover.
NASA awarded Blue Origin a CLPS task order to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region.
Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2027 using a second Blue Moon MK1 lander.
The hiring of Dave Limp as Blue Origin's CEO in late 2023 has changed the company culture.
NASA is leading a program called 'Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development (CLD)' for developing private space stations, which includes Axiom Space, Blue Origin, and Starlab Space.
NASA is considering handling the delivery of the reactor to the Moon using cargo versions of Human Landing System reactors from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
NASA will manage VIPER's scientific operations, while Blue Origin will handle the landing mission architecture, integration of VIPER into Blue Moon, and deployment on the lunar surface.
NASA awarded a task order through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Blue Origin to transport VIPER to the Moon's south polar region in late 2027.
Blue Origin is preparing two Mark I robotic lunar landers for launch, with the first one targeted to fly later this year.
NASA awarded a potential contract to Blue Origin for delivering the VIPER rover to the Moon’s south pole in late 2027.
This is Blue Origin's second contract for lunar transportation under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.