Tag: Blue Moon
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Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship rises from its West Texas pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) 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 of NASA’s precision lunar landing system was the top…
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After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology
Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster makes its landing in December 2019. (Blue Origin Photo) 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 and back, to try out a precision landing system for…
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NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship makes a precision landing in May 2019. (Blue Origin Photo) 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 eyes to see such missions to safe landings. And…
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Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design
Artwork shows the National Team’s lunar lander making its touchdown. (Blue Origin Illustration) 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 for crewed missions. The milestone — known as the system requirement review,…
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Blue Origin and its partners deliver a lunar lander mock-up to NASA
An engineering mock-up of the crew lander vehicle designed by Blue Origin and its partners stands tall inside Building 9 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. (Blue Origin Photo) 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…
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NASA puts Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX on the list for lunar lander development program
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, equipped with an ascent module built by Lockheed Martin. (Blue Origin Illustration via NASA) 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 to be…
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Air Force and Blue Origin team up on a new California test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s altitude facility at Edwards Air Force Base conducts research on next-generation rocket components, propellant formulations and subsystems; and high-vacuum research on satellite components. Research testing includes solid rocket motor testing at simulated altitudes up to 120,000 feet. (AFRL Photo) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is partnering with…
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SpaceX offering Starship to NASA for lunar landing missions
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Starship on the lunar surface. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is eligible to propose using its next-generation Starship vehicle to carry NASA robotic science payloads to the lunar surface, the U.S. space agency announced Monday, on missions that could precede future Starship flights with people on-board. SpaceX is one of five companies NASA…
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NASA adds five companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, to moon delivery list
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander is designed for deliveries to the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) 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, which is offering its Starship super-rocket for lunar trips. Sierra…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lander proposed … as Lego toys
The Lego version of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander would include the ascent element for a crewed mission. (Lego Ideas Image / Valerie Roche / Matthew Nolan) 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…