{"id":17643,"date":"2020-09-14T18:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T10:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-and-partners-pass-key-milestone-for-lunar-lander-design\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T10:52:55","slug":"blue-origin-and-partners-pass-key-milestone-for-lunar-lander-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-and-partners-pass-key-milestone-for-lunar-lander-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_583718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583718\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-583718\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-630x354.jpg\" alt=\"National Team lunar lander\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-1260x709.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/200914-bluemoon-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-583718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork shows the National Team\u2019s lunar lander making its touchdown. (Blue Origin Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it\u2019s leading has completed its first \u201cgated milestone\u201d in a NASA-funded effort to develop a lunar lander for crewed missions.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone \u2014 known as the system requirement review, or SRR \u2014 involves specifying the baseline requirements for the missions, the space vehicles and the landing system\u2019s ground segment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe design proceeded to the NASA Certification Baseline Review, followed by the lower-level element SRRs and the preliminary design phase,\u201d Blue Origin reported today in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin leads what it calls a \u201cNational Team\u201d in the first phase of the NASA\u2019s Human Landing System development process. While Blue Origin is working on the system\u2019s descent module, Lockheed Martin is responsible for the ascent module, Northrop Grumman is in charge of the transfer module that would get the lander into low lunar orbit, and Draper is working on the system\u2019s avionics.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX and Dynetics are working on parallel efforts, and next year, NASA is due to select one or two teams to move on to the next phase of development. For this first phase, the Blue Origin-led team is receiving $579 million from NASA, while SpaceX is in line for $135 million and the Dynetics team is getting $253 million. The money is disbursed as each team reaches milestones like the one reported today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1303412196047716352&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2020%2Fblue-origin-partners-pass-key-milestone-lunar-lander-design%2F&amp;sessionId=9747ee56df07fa58ddf400b7a54f073b682c6863&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1303412196047716352\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782799078667318527=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue Origin\u2019s Nick Patrick and Mike Good, former @NASA astronauts, visited @NASA_Johnson to evaluate our National Team\u2019s engineering mockup \u2013 a step in our journey to return to the #Moon. We are fortunate to have their experience to ensure astronaut compatibility. pic.twitter.com\/IBN5szSSVY<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) September 8, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The public-private partnership is meant to provide astronauts with their ride to the lunar surface and back up to the yet-to-be-built Gateway space outpost, starting as early as 2024. NASA\u2019s Orion crew capsule, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, will be used to transport astronauts to and from the Gateway.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin said its team has reached agreement with NASA on dozens of design and construction standards. In addition, hundreds of health and human performance standards and requirements have been set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompletion of this review allows the National Team to move forward in its design, much of which is evolving directly from existing systems such as Orion, and that maturity was exhibited in the review,\u201d said former acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, who chaired the review in his current capacity as Lockheed Martin\u2019s vice president of strategy and business development.<\/p>\n<p>The review board included members of Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Moon Science Advisory Board. \u201cA complex undertaking like human lunar landings requires paying attention to thousands of details, and thinking through every likely contingency,\u201d said Harrison Schmitt, an Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator who serves on the science advisory board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very impressed at the depth of engineering and operational sophistication shown in the Systems Requirements Review,\u201d Schmitt said in today\u2019s news release. \u201cThe National Team is working to directly apply the lessons from the Apollo experience to make America\u2019s next crewed lunar landing successful and the precursor to sustained human activity on the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork shows the National Team\u2019s lunar lander making its touchdown. (Blue Origin Illustration) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it\u2019s leading has completed its first \u201cgated milestone\u201d in a NASA-funded effort to develop a lunar lander for crewed missions. 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