{"id":17251,"date":"2023-10-27T20:57:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-and-nasas-administrator-share-a-sneak-peek-at-blue-origins-moon-lander\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:57:51","slug":"jeff-bezos-and-nasas-administrator-share-a-sneak-peek-at-blue-origins-moon-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-and-nasas-administrator-share-a-sneak-peek-at-blue-origins-moon-lander\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos and NASA\u2019s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin\u2019s moon lander"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeff Bezos, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson chat in front of a mockup of Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Moon lunar lander at the company\u2019s Alabama production facility. (Blue Origin via Bill Nelson \/ X \/ Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the form of a social-media glimpse at Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Moon lunar lander, festooned with a golden feather logo.<\/p>\n

In a series of posts to X \/ Twitter and Instagram, Bezos and Nelson showed off a mockup of the nearly three-story-tall Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander, which is taking shape at Blue Origin\u2019s production facility in Huntsville, Ala.<\/p>\n

\u201cMK1\u2019s early missions will pave the way and prove technologies for our MK2 lander for @nasa\u2019s Human Landing System,\u201d Bezos said on Instagram. He also recapped a few technical details \u2014 noting that the MK1 is designed to deliver up to 3 tons of cargo to anywhere on the moon\u2019s surface, and that it\u2019ll fit in the 7-meter fairing of Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket. New Glenn is slated for its first launch next year.<\/p>\n

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