After Orion docks with the Gateway, - NASA’s planned moon-orbiting station - two astronauts will transfer to Blue Origin’s Blue Moon human landing system and travel to the lunar surface for a week-long stay in the moon’s South Pole region where they’ll carry out science and exploration activities. Artemis IV will also deploy SpaceX’s system.Īrtemis V will use NASA’s SLS rocket to send four astronauts to lunar orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft. The first crewed lunar landing in five decades is set to take place in 2025 using a modified SpaceX Starship spacecraft in the Artemis III mission. The moon mission is, therefore, a considerably more ambitious undertaking. SpaceX shares stunning ‘blue marble’ footage of EarthĪmazon founder Jeff Bezos, who set up Blue Origin 23 years ago, tweeted his delight at winning the contract: “Honored to be on this journey with NASA to land astronauts on the moon - this time to stay.”Ĭurrently, Blue Origin’s main flight successes involve sending paying passengers on 10-minute “space tourism” trips to about 62 miles above Earth using a single-stage suborbital New Shepard rocket. See the moon and Jupiter get cozy in May’s skywatching highlights Watch NASA successfully launch all-private mission to ISS
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