Blue Origin Plans Lunar Lander Demo Flight This Year

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Artist's rendering of Mark I.

Credit: Blue Origin
Blue Origin will attempt to land an uncrewed prototype of its Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon’s south pole this year, John Couluris, senior vice president of Lunar Permanence, said May 20. The company’s HLS is one of two in development in partnership with NASA to support crewed landings on...
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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