NASA chooses Blue Origin to build Artemis V lunar lander
After losing out to SpaceX on Artemis III and IV, Blue Origin is heading to the moon. Blue Origin/NASA On Friday, NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract to provide a lunar lander for the Artemis V moon mission scheduled for 2029—two years after they lost a bid to build similar vehicles for the Artemis III and IV missions. Blue Origin will lead a consortium that also includes Lockheed Martin and Boeing to design and build the lander, with NASA contributing $3.4 billion in funding. According to The New York Times, Blue Origin’s VP for lunar transportation also confirmed their company would also add “well north” of that number for the project. [Related: SpaceX’s Starship launch caused a ‘mini earthquake’ and left a giant mess.] “We are in a golden age of human spaceflight, which...