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Blue Moon

Illustration: Blue Moon lunar lander

Blue Origin-led team wins $3.4B contract for NASA’s second lunar landing system

by Alan Boyle on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 at 11:48 pm

An industry team led by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to provide a second type of landing system for crewed as well… Read More

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A year after Blue Origin’s big setback, NASA gets set to support a second commercial moon lander

by Alan Boyle on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 at 4:21 pm

NASA has laid out its plan for choosing a second commercial venture to build a landing system capable of carrying astronauts to and from the lunar surface. The venture would… Read More

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Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit; NASA says SpaceX work will resume ASAP

by Alan Boyle on November 4, 2021November 18, 2021 at 11:28 am

A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building the lunar lander destined to carry astronauts to the moon.… Read More

Starship on the moon

Court filings shed light on Blue Origin vs. SpaceX lunar lander fight, with dark spots

by Alan Boyle on September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 at 4:03 am

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin’s federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX lay out further details about the dispute over a multibillion-dollar NASA lunar lander contract,… Read More

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Blue Origin and four other companies win millions to keep lunar lander dreams alive

by Alan Boyle on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 at 9:11 pm

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar lander project will be getting fresh infusions of financial support… Read More

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GAO denies Blue Origin’s protest of NASA’s lunar lander contract award to SpaceX

by Alan Boyle on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 at 3:48 pm

The Government Accountability Office today turned back protests from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Alabama-based Dynetics, ruling that NASA was within its rights to award a single $2.9… Read More

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Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B more in costs as part of NASA lunar lander deal

by Alan Boyle on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 at 10:08 am

In an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will waive up to $2 billion in payments as part of a deal… Read More

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture approaches period of maximum dynamic pressure

by Alan Boyle on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 at 6:09 pm

Jeff Bezos may be easing back from his CEO role at Amazon, but now he’s due to feel the heat at Blue Origin, the privately held space venture he created… Read More

Blue Moon lunar lander

Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program

by Alan Boyle on May 25, 2021May 27, 2021 at 7:25 am

The tussle over NASA funding for lunar landing systems has touched down in the Senate — with one leading senator seeking additional funding that could go to Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More

Starship on the moon

NASA freezes SpaceX’s lunar lander cash due to protests from Blue Origin, Dynetics

by Alan Boyle on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 at 5:43 pm

NASA says it’ll hold up on its payments to SpaceX for developing its Starship super-rocket as a lunar lander while the Government Accountability Office sorts out challenges to the $2.9… Read More

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Elon Musk taunts Jeff Bezos over Blue Origin’s challenge to SpaceX’s contract for lunar lander

by Alan Boyle on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 at 10:33 am

The billionaire space battle just got kicked up a notch, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture challenging NASA’s award of a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to… Read More

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NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out

by Alan Boyle on April 16, 2021April 17, 2021 at 6:41 am

In a surprise move that was dictated by budget constraints, NASA is awarding $2.89 billion to SpaceX alone for the development of its Starship super-rocket as a lunar landing system… Read More

Pathfinder lunar lander

Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander

by Alan Boyle on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 at 7:26 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is testing a full-scale prototype of its cargo lunar lander, as part of its campaign to get a jump on heavy-duty deliveries… Read More

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Blue Origin’s team turns in its moon landing proposal — and provides a sneak peek

by Alan Boyle on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 at 11:39 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture and its partners in the space industry say they’ve given NASA their proposal for a landing system designed to carry astronauts down to… Read More

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Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine — and makes a bold prediction

by Alan Boyle on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 at 7:43 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos heralded progress on the development of the rocket engine that’s destined for use on the lunar lander that his Blue Origin space venture is building —… Read More

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NASA agrees to purchase moon rocks for $1 in a deal that may involve Blue Origin

by Alan Boyle on December 3, 2020December 4, 2020 at 7:23 pm

NASA has selected four companies to collect material on the moon and store it up as the space agency’s property, for a total price of $25,001. And one deal stands… Read More

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture fleshes out plans for 2023 cargo delivery to the moon

by Alan Boyle on November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 at 7:28 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is working on a landing system that could put astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024 — but it’s also… Read More

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Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas

by Alan Boyle on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 at 8:53 am

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all appearances, it stuck the landing. Testing most of the elements… Read More

New Shepard landing

After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology

by Alan Boyle on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 at 10:46 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is now targeting Tuesday for the launch of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on an uncrewed mission to the edge of space… Read More

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NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’

by Alan Boyle on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 at 12:39 pm

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong famously had to dodge a boulder-strewn crater just seconds before the first moon landing in 1969 — but for future lunar touchdowns, NASA expects robotic… Read More

National Team lunar lander

Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design

by Alan Boyle on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 at 10:50 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it’s leading has completed its first “gated milestone” in a NASA-funded effort to develop a lunar lander… Read More

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Blue Origin and its partners deliver a lunar lander mock-up to NASA

by Alan Boyle on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 at 3:09 pm

An all-star space industry team led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has assembled a mock-up of its proposed lunar lander right where it’ll do the most… Read More

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NASA puts Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX on the list for lunar lander development program

by Alan Boyle on April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 at 2:18 pm

NASA has selected teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX to develop lunar landing systems capable of putting astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024. “We want… Read More

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Air Force and Blue Origin team up on a new California test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine

by Alan Boyle on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 at 10:27 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is partnering with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a new test facility at California’s Edwards Air Force Base for Blue… Read More

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NASA adds five companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, to moon delivery list

by Alan Boyle on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 at 5:06 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among five companies that have just been cleared to deliver payloads to the moon for NASA. So is Elon Musk’s SpaceX,… Read More

Lego Blue Moon lander

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lander proposed … as Lego toys

by Alan Boyle on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 at 5:09 pm

Which will go into commercial service first: Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lunar lander, or the Lego toy versions? The answer will depend not only on… Read More

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Jeff Bezos announces an all-star team for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander

by Alan Boyle on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 at 2:30 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture is heading up a team of top space companies — including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper… Read More

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NASA issues its fast-track plan to get two commercial lunar landers for 2024-2025

by Alan Boyle on September 30, 2019January 20, 2020 at 10:54 pm

After two preliminary rounds, NASA today published its final call for industry proposals to have the first two landers capable of putting astronauts on the moon ready for 2024 and… Read More

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NASA awards $10M to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin for hydrogen-oxygen storage tech

by Alan Boyle on September 27, 2019October 4, 2019 at 5:01 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is on the top of the funding list for a newly announced round of “Tipping Point” funding from NASA for technologies that… Read More

NASA puts Alabama center in charge of moon lander program, drawing Texans’ ire

by Alan Boyle on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 at 9:32 pm

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced today that Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will take the lead role in developing the vehicles for landing astronauts on the moon – which… Read More

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