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Blue Origin, Partners Pitch To Build NASA Artemis Moon Lander

Agency last year picked SpaceX to provide a lander for first missions to the lunar surface.

Artist's rendering of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. [Courtesy: Blue Origin]
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Key Takeaways:

Blue Origin said it has joined Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a proposal to build a lunar landing vehicle for NASA’s Artemis program to transport people to the moon.

The space company founded by Jeff Bezos is leading the proposal, which is its second attempt at winning a NASA contract to build a lander. Last year Blue Origin lost out to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which the agency chose to run the first Artemis moon landings during the next several years. The agency later began a new competition for a second lander  to back up the SpaceX vehicle.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is Lead Editor of Aviation Consumer and a private pilot who worked as a reporter, editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal for 21 years, mostly covering the auto industry. His passion for aviation began in childhood with balsa-wood gliders his aunt would buy for him at the corner store. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @JonathanWelsh4

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