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Blue Origin Aims To Put NASA Astronauts On The Moon In 2029

Irene Klotz May 25, 2023

Blue Origin reusable spacecraft concept — Blue Origin will lead a team to develop, test and fly a lunar lander in time to support NASA’s Artemis V mission in 2029.

Credit: Blue Origin Concept

Sixty years after the first astronauts landed on the Moon, Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, plans to repeat the feat, this time with a reusable spacecraft that can touch down anywhere on the lunar surface, day or night. If the schedules hold, the Apollo 11 commemoration in 2029 will be the...

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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