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Blue Moon MK1 Endurance (Moon Base I)

NET Q1 2027 · Blue Moon MK1 Endurance · planned

Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance.

Moon Base I: deliver NASA SCALPSS + LRA to Shackleton Connecting Ridge.

Crew landings are Artemis IV (early 2028) and Artemis V (late 2028). HLS for IV and V stays unnamed. MK1 is the cargo pathfinder.

$6,100,000 public package award.

Stack

VehicleBlue Moon MK1 Endurance
Launch vehicleNew Glenn
SiteShackleton Connecting Ridge · lunar south pole

Themes

LandersCommercial cargo landers and human landing systems.
Getting thereLaunch vehicles, transfer stages, and in-space refuel.
Tech demosHardware and software proving themselves in the real lunar environment before becoming standard kit.
Rovers & hoppersWhat moves after landing: scout rovers, hoppers, and crewed lunar terrain vehicles.

Companies

Prime

Named on this flight

Rocket LabSolar arrays, flight software, and Electron lunar pathfinders

Named suppliers

NASALRA on Blue Moon MK1 (CT-3)

Jobs

Cargo

SCALPSS 1.x

Demo for landing plume. SCALPSS 1.x, the Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies from NASA Langley, is an array of high-resolution cameras that collect imagery during descent on Blue Moon MK1. · NASA · science.nasa.gov

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