Space Ops: Blue Origin Prepares to Leapfrog SpaceX to the Moon Written 29 May 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off from Launch Site One during the NS-27 mission, October 23, 2024. | Credit: Blue Origin–©
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin plans to attempt a lunar landing this year. If successful, the MK1, which is 26 ft. tall and 10 ft. in diameter, would become the largest vehicle to touch down on the surface of the Moon, eclipsing the Apollo program’s Lunar Modules (LM) that landed crews six times in 1969-72. Fully fueled, the MK1 weighs 47,000 lb., compared with the 36,200-lb. mass of the extended Apollo LM.”
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