NASA Taps Bezos’ Blue Origin for Moon Lander Worth $7 Billion
- Firm will compete with Musk’s SpaceX to provide lander
- Company had been pushing for NASA partnership for years
Blue Origin Aerospace Manufacturer building in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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NASA is tapping Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop a second passenger lunar lander for the space agency’s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the moon before the end of the decade.
The closely held company will join Elon Musk’s SpaceX as one of two companies developing a lander for the program, NASA said Friday in a statement. Blue Origin is working with partners including Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.