Blue Moon Mark 1 is designed to deliver up to 3 tons of cargo to any point on the Moon
Blue Origin has presented the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a mock-up of the Blue Moon lander, which should be ready to fly to the Moon within the next three years.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, showed NASA representatives a “low-fidelity” mockup at an engine plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The landing module is 7 meters wide. It will be launched using Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
Jeff Bezos presented NASA with a model of the Blue Moon lunar ship
This is a variant of the Blue Moon Mark 1 lander. It is designed to deliver up to 3 tons of cargo to any point on the lunar surface.
As noted on the Blue Origin website, Blue Moon Mark 1 is a lunar cargo lander designed for a single launch. It will remain on the surface and provide safe, reliable, and accessible access to the lunar environment.
The Mark 1 will be followed by the larger Mark 2 lander for manned missions, which will be able to carry astronauts to and from the lunar surface under a NASA contract.
In May 2023, NASA selected Blue Origin along with SpaceX as the second contractor for a lunar lander designed to carry humans.
John Coulouris, senior vice president of lunar operations at Blue Origin, explained:
We are building our landers, Mark 1 and Mark 2, to enable a global lunar landing capability, day or night.
