Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin land contracts to build Nasa's astronaut moon lander
4 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin land contracts to build Nasa's astronaut moon lander

India Today  

Nasa on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline under the space agency's moon-to-Mars campaign. The next manned mission to the moon will require leaps in robotic technologies and a plan for NASA to work with the three companies to design and develop human landing systems. Picking three providers allows NASA to have redundancy in case one company falls behind in development, Lisa Watson-Morgan, Nasa's human landing system program manager, told reporters on Thursday. Last year, Bezos unveiled Blue Origin's design for the lunar lander, Blue Moon, it intends to build as a prime contractor with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper.

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U.S. moon landing attempt seems doomed after fuel leak
1 year ago

U.S. moon landing attempt seems doomed after fuel leak

The Hindu  

The first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after Monday’s launch. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology managed to orient its lander toward the sun so the solar panel could collect sunlight and charge its battery, as a special team assessed the status of …

Moon landing attempt by U.S. company appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak
1 year ago

Moon landing attempt by U.S. company appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak

LA Times  

The first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after Monday’s launch. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology managed to orient its lander toward the sun so the solar panel could collect sunlight and charge its battery, as a special team assessed the status of …

Bezos' Blue Origin unveils lunar lander that will take cargo to the Moon
1 year, 2 months ago

Bezos' Blue Origin unveils lunar lander that will take cargo to the Moon

India Today  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson showcased the Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander in a social media reveal on Saturday. Bezos wrote, “MK1’s early missions will pave the way and prove technologies for our MK2 lander for @nasa’s Human Landing System.” He also recapped a few technical details — noting that the MK1 is designed to deliver …

Amazon shareholder sues board, Bezos over Blue Origin launch contracts
1 year, 4 months ago

Amazon shareholder sues board, Bezos over Blue Origin launch contracts

The Hindu  

An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company's Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos's space company. The lawsuit filed by Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund earlier this week claims that the Amazon board awarded contracts …

Science This Week | Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop moon lander, genome helps find origin of humans
1 year, 7 months ago

Science This Week | Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop moon lander, genome helps find origin of humans

The Hindu  

From detecting an Earth-sized planet that is covered in volcanoes to a pathbreaking discovery that could improve the lives of brain cancer patients, a lot of things have happened this week in the field of science. Newly detected Earth-sized planet is covered in volcanoes Scientists have detected an Earth-sized planet that is covered in volcanoes — similar to Jupiter’s moon …

NASA taps Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander for Artemis 5 mission
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA taps Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander for Artemis 5 mission

Live Mint  

Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, said on Twitter he was “honored to be on this …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander
1 year, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

The Hindu  

A team led by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon’s surface, NASA’s chief announced on Friday, capping a high-stakes contest. After losing in 2021, Blue Origin unsuccessfully fought to overturn NASA's decision to ignore its Blue Moon lander, first with a watchdog agency …

NASA announces that Bezos’s Blue Origin will build moon lander
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA announces that Bezos’s Blue Origin will build moon lander

Al Jazeera  

The contract is a milestone for Bezos’s space company after it lost a previous lunar-landing bid to competitor SpaceX. The United States federal space agency NASA has selected Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin to construct a spacecraft that will send astronauts to and from the surface of the moon, winning a contract valued at about $3.4bn. “Today we are excited …

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission
1 year, 10 months ago

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to launch a mission next year to study the magnetic field around Mars, the U.S. space agency and company said. Plans call for Blue Origin's recently developed New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to blast off with NASA's dual-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission in …

NASA suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November

India TV News  

A week after Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Moon lander contract to Elon Musk, the US space agency has put SpaceX's $3 billion contract on hold for the second time, the media reported. Blue Origin sued NASA last week over NASA's April decision to pick only SpaceX's Starship rocket system for the agency's first human lunar landing …

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit

The Hindu  

NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk's SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the U.S government, an agency spokeswoman said. Blue Origin has said its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims last week, was "an attempt to remedy the flaws in …

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit

India Today  

NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk's SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the US government, an agency spokeswoman said. Blue Origin has said its lawsuit, filed in the US Court of Federal Claims last week, was "an attempt to remedy the flaws in …

Blue Origin's next spaceflight on Aug 25: Amid tussle with Nasa, New Shephard to carry lunar landing tech
3 years, 4 months ago

Blue Origin's next spaceflight on Aug 25: Amid tussle with Nasa, New Shephard to carry lunar landing tech

India Today  

Days after Blue Origin dragged the US government to court over a lunar lander contract to SpaceX, Blue Origin is planning for its next spaceflight on August 25. The company said that the New Shephard spacecraft will fly a Nasa lunar landing technology strapped on the booster's exterior along with other critical payloads. The NS-17 flight will test a suite …

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
3 years, 4 months ago

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the U.S. government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. "We firmly believe that the issues identified in this procurement and its outcomes must be addressed to restore fairness, create competition, and ensure a safe return …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

Live Mint  

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. "We firmly believe that the issues identified in this procurement and its outcomes must be addressed to restore fairness, create competition, and ensure a safe return …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX

NPR  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA Over A Lunar Lander Contract Given To Rival SpaceX Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jeff Bezos' ongoing rivalry with SpaceX is heating up. His aerospace company, Blue Origin, has filed a lawsuit against NASA after the agency awarded a highly coveted contract for a lunar lander to Elon …

Elon Musk says SpaceX can ‘probably’ land humans on Moon before 2024
3 years, 4 months ago

Elon Musk says SpaceX can ‘probably’ land humans on Moon before 2024

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that his company’s spaceship would likely …

Blue Origin sues US government over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX lunar lander contract
3 years, 4 months ago

Blue Origin sues US government over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX lunar lander contract

CNN  

CNN — Blue Origin filed a federal lawsuit Friday to challenge a NASA moon landing contract awarded solely to rival company SpaceX, upping the ante in an already tense standoff over the multibillion-dollar lunar lander program. A statement from NASA sent to reporters Monday evening said the agency was “notified” of the claims Blue Origin made in court and is …

US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract
3 years, 5 months ago

US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract

India TV News  

The US Government Accountability Office has squashed Jeff Bezos-run Blue Origin's challenge to space agency NASA for picking Elon Musk-owned SpaceX for its prestigious $2.9 billion Moon lander programme. Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics had filed a protest with the US GAO against NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024. …

US watchdog sides with Nasa, rejects Blue Origin's protest over lunar contract
3 years, 5 months ago

US watchdog sides with Nasa, rejects Blue Origin's protest over lunar contract

India Today  

A US government watchdog on Friday sided with Nasa over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics Inc. Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, said on Friday it remained convinced that there were "fundamental issues" with Nasa’s decision, and that GAO was not …

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion discount to secure Artemis moon lander contract
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion discount to secure Artemis moon lander contract

Firstpost  

The human landing system contract is worth $2.9 billion and Bezos said “this offer is not a deferral, but is an outright permanent waiver.” Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander. The human landing system contract, worth $2.9 billion, was …

Jeff Bezos writes to NASA, offers to waive fees in bid for moon mission. Full text of his letter
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos writes to NASA, offers to waive fees in bid for moon mission. Full text of his letter

Live Mint  

Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander. As NASA recognized, the National Team’s design offers a “comprehensive approach to aborts and contingencies places a priority on crew safety throughout all mission phases.” Unlike Apollo, our approach is designed to be …

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth
3 years, 5 months ago

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth

Firstpost  

Named after America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing AN HORN, Texas: Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Named after …

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space

Live Mint  

The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket to outer space on Tuesday, a key moment for a fledgling industry seeking to make the final frontier accessible to elite tourists. Bezos, 57, founded Blue Origin in 2000 with the goal of one day building floating space colonies with artificial gravity where millions of people will …

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride

LA Times  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos achieves his dream of flying to the edge of space. Our Dream of Spaceflight.” “It’s still going to be expensive, it’s still not going to be something everybody can do right away, but it’s a first step.” Bezos’ suborbital flight — his company Blue Origin’s first crewed launch — came a little over a week after …

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. A brief look at what awaits Bezos and his passengers: BEZOS ON BOARD Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000, a move that he said prompted his high school girlfriend to observe, “Jeff started Amazon just to get enough …

Explainer | How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer | How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space

Live Mint  

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. A brief look at what awaits Bezos and his passengers: Bezos on board Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000, a move that he said prompted his high school girlfriend to observe, “Jeff started Amazon just to get enough money to do Blue …

Earth’s richest man Jeff Bezos to blast off into space
3 years, 5 months ago

Earth’s richest man Jeff Bezos to blast off into space

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club Tuesday on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for the fledgling space tourism industry. Blue Origin's sights are, however, set higher: both literally in terms of the altitude to which its reusable New Shepard craft will ascend …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to start flying paying customers in the months ahead. On Sunday, Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder Richard Branson rode his own rocket plane to space, accompanied by five …

Column: In billionaires’ space race, tourism is a sideshow to quest for moon landing contracts
3 years, 5 months ago

Column: In billionaires’ space race, tourism is a sideshow to quest for moon landing contracts

LA Times  

Jeff Bezos appears before a mockup of the Blue Moon lunar lander under development by his Blue Origin spaceflight company. The space race among billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk reached a milestone of sorts Sunday when Branson rode a Virgin Galactic craft some 50 miles high into the wild blue yonder, launching what he called a world …

Elon Musk trolls Jeff Bezos as space race between world's richest men heats up
3 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk trolls Jeff Bezos as space race between world's richest men heats up

India Today  

The space race between the world's two richest men went into hyperdrive on Tuesday after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos' attempt to challenge a major Nasa contract. Bezos' Blue Origin on Monday filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, accusing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of moving the goalposts for contract bidders at …

Musk, Bezos collide after SpaceX wins moon landing contract
3 years, 8 months ago

Musk, Bezos collide after SpaceX wins moon landing contract

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the space rocket company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is formally challenging the $2.9 billion moon lander contract awarded by NASA to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. Blue Origin said on Monday it had filed a protest with the federal Government Accountability Office, accusing NASA of moving the goalposts for contract bidders at the last minute. The company was …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $3 billion Nasa contract to put humans on the Moon – but the full mission will take far more than that
3 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $3 billion Nasa contract to put humans on the Moon – but the full mission will take far more than that

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has chosen SpaceX to build the lander that will carry humans onto …

Elon Musk's SpaceX Lands $2.9 Billion Nasa Contract to Send Astronauts to Moon: All You Need to Know
3 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX Lands $2.9 Billion Nasa Contract to Send Astronauts to Moon: All You Need to Know

News 18  

NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the agency said on Friday, picking it over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. Bezos and Musk – the world’s first and third richest people respectively, according to Forbes – …

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander
3 years, 8 months ago

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander

NPR  

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander NASA will pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for NASA's Human Landing System program. Sponsor Message "With this award, NASA and our partners will …

NASA picks SpaceX to create system to land astronauts on the moon
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA picks SpaceX to create system to land astronauts on the moon

LA Times  

SpaceX’s plan involves refining its Starship vehicle and Super Heavy rocket as a fully integrated lunar landing system, Elon Musk has said. Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a NASA contract to develop a system for landing astronauts on the moon, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and a unit of Leidos Holdings Inc. NASA awarded the lander contract Friday …

Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface
4 years, 1 month ago

Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface

The Hindu  

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024. The BE-7 engine, which Blue Origin has been developing for years, has tallied 1,245 seconds of test-fire time …

Jeff Bezoz Reveals Rocket Engine by His Space Company Blue Origin That Will Take First Woman to Moon
4 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Bezoz Reveals Rocket Engine by His Space Company Blue Origin That Will Take First Woman to Moon

News 18  

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon’s surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024. The BE-7 engine, which Blue Origin has been developing for years, has tallied 1,245 seconds of test-fire time …

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. The sensors and computer — tested during the booster’s descent and touchdown — will hitch another suborbital ride with Blue …

NASA contracts private companies — SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics — to develop Artemis' lunar lander
4 years, 8 months ago

NASA contracts private companies — SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics — to develop Artemis' lunar lander

Firstpost  

The three companies will develop, build and fly the landers and the contract for the initial 10-month period is $967 million. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon in 2024 and ultimately on to Mars. The companies are SpaceX in Hawthorne, …

NASA Names Firms In Competition To Build Next-Gen Lunar Lander
4 years, 8 months ago

NASA Names Firms In Competition To Build Next-Gen Lunar Lander

NPR  

NASA Names Firms In Competition To Build Next-Gen Lunar Lander Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA via AP NASA via AP NASA has selected three companies to develop the first vehicle in more than 50 years to put humans on the moon, with space firms run by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among the competitors. Musk's SpaceX, Bezos' Blue …

SpaceX and Blue Origin among companies selected to build NASA moon landers
4 years, 8 months ago

SpaceX and Blue Origin among companies selected to build NASA moon landers

CNN  

New York CNN Business — NASA announced three new contracts to develop lunar landers — one of which could carry two astronauts to the surface of the moon in 2024. During a call with reporters Thursday, NASA AdministratorJim Bridenstine said the space agency would assess which of the three proposals could give NASA the “highest probability of success and the …

Trump seeks billions more for NASA to get US astronauts on the moon by 2024
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump seeks billions more for NASA to get US astronauts on the moon by 2024

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The Trump administration is seeking a big boost to NASA’s annual funding in order to fulfill its mission to put a man and woman on the moon by 2024. In its annual budget request released Monday, the White House asked Congress to allocate more than $25 billion for NASA in the 2021 fiscal year, with …

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches 12th test flight of space tourism rocket
5 years ago

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches 12th test flight of space tourism rocket

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Blue Origin, the stealthy company founded by Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, just launched another test flight of its tourism rocket as it steadily inches toward sending paying customers into space. It marked the 12th uncrewed test flight for Blue Origin’s fully autonomous rocket and spacecraft system, called New Shepard. Space tourism as a business …

Jeff Bezos explains why his company Blue Origin spends billions on space research
5 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos explains why his company Blue Origin spends billions on space research

India Today  

Amazon is betting big on space research. "It's time to go back to the moon, this time to stay," Bezos had said at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington DC while unveiling a replica of Blue Moon - an unmanned lunar-lander that would ferry both astronauts and payloads to the lunar surface. And now nearly two months after …

Landing on the moon requires the perfect rocket engine. Jeff Bezos’s solution is the BE-7
5 years, 6 months ago

Landing on the moon requires the perfect rocket engine. Jeff Bezos’s solution is the BE-7

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, wants to go where the private sector has never gone before. Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and longtime space fanatic, began hawking his plans to change that last month by showing off a mockup of Blue Origin’s lunar lander, called Blue Moon. Three years of …

Jeff Bezos won’t mind Amazon fulfillment centres on Moon
5 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos won’t mind Amazon fulfillment centres on Moon

Live Mint  

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who aims to colonise Moon one day, won't mind opening Amazon fulfillment centres on the lunar surface. "I really contemplate that we start out delivering, you know, liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in small selections on the Moon to begin with," chuckled Bezos, the richest man on Earth, in a fireside chat during Amazon's …

Blue Moon lander: Here’s what you need to know
5 years, 7 months ago

Blue Moon lander: Here’s what you need to know

Live Mint  

Everyone’s in a hurry to reach the moon. Bezos recently unveiled the Blue Moon lander that can deploy payloads during its journey to the moon and deliver payloads to the moon’s surface. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Blue Origin, the Washington-based privately funded aerospace firm, was launched two decades ago. Blue Origin has showcased its New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system, …

NASA selects 11 US firms to build human lunar landers
5 years, 7 months ago

NASA selects 11 US firms to build human lunar landers

The Quint  

Washington, May 17 The US space agency NASA has selected 11 companies including Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration programme. We will streamline everything from procurement to partnerships to hardware development and even operations," said Marshall Smith, director for human lunar exploration programs at NASA Headquarters. The selected …

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