The Blue Origin led National Team (with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Draper, Astrobotic and Honeybee Robotics as partners) estimates that this contract directly supports more than 3,000 jobs nationwide including more than 1,000 jobs in Washington state. It provides more than $7 billion in investment across the nation with Blue Origin providing significant savings to the government by investing over 50% of the cost share. Two astronauts will then transfer to the human landing system, to be developed by Blue Origin, for a weeklong trip to the Moon’s South Pole region to conduct science and exploration activities.Īccording to NASA, adding another human landing system partner to NASA’s Artemis program will increase competition, reduce costs to taxpayers, support a regular cadence of lunar landings, further invest in the lunar economy and help NASA achieve its goals on and around the Moon in preparation for future astronaut missions to Mars. On the Artemis V mission, four astronauts will be launched into lunar orbit aboard the Orion Spacecraft using the NASA Space Launch System (SLS). Today’s decision finally applies a best practice developed over many space programs: increasing competition and having a backup plan makes our astronauts safer and protects the taxpayer.” “ Two years ago, the Senate, the NASA Administrator, safety experts and a group of retired astronauts all knew the importance of maintaining competition in the Artemis program. “There’s a new space race going on and we’re proud that Washington companies are going to help us win it by putting more Americans on the Moon and placing us on stronger footing to get to Mars,” Senator Cantwell said. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Kent-based Blue Origin to develop the human landing system for NASA’s Artemis V mission to the Moon. The “Blue Moon” landing system will allow astronauts to carry out exploration activities on the Moon’s South Pole for Artemis V mission
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