24 August 2020
NASA receives full-sized lunar lander mock-up from Blue Origin
... lander, but it does include testable full-sized components of the descent and ascent elements that will be constructed by Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin respectively. The Descent Element is based on the Blue Moon lunar lander and BE-7 LOX/hydrogen...
22 October 2019
Bezos announces Blue Moon partnership for lunar landing
..., leads program management, systems engineering, safety and mission assurance, and mission engineering while providing the Descent Element that is based on the multi-year development of the Blue Moon lunar lander and its BE-7 engine. ∙ Lockheed...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
...’s proposal, which was submitted to the US space agency yesterday, calls for delivering the lander’s Ascent Element and Descent Element to lunar orbit in one rocket launch, therefore negating the need to send multiple segments into orbit on multiple...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
..., at its own cost, contribute the development and launch of a pathfinder mission to low-Earth orbit of the lunar descent element to further retire development and schedule risks. This pathfinder mission is offered in addition to the baseline plan...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... in January 2025 with Thales Alenia Space, Italy, to lead European aerospace companies in building the Argonaut lunar descent element of ESA’s first lunar lander. From the start of the next decade, the spacecraft will launch regular...
