Blue Origin wins NASA contract to land people on the Moon
Posted on AllSides May 19th, 2023
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Blue Origin has won a major contract from NASA to build a lander that will take astronauts to the surface of the Moon before the end of the decade. Why it matters: NASA is relying on commercial partners like Blue Origin and SpaceX to bring their crewmembers back to the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years as part of the Artemis program. • NASA successfully launched its first, uncrewed Artemis mission — Artemis I — around the Moon last year, paving the way for the agency's first...