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Elizabeth Howell

Blue Origin will build NASA's new moon lander for Artemis astronauts

a very tall lander illustrated on the surface of the moon with grey terrain surrounding and two astronauts on the surface. the crescent earth is in behind

A moon lander built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will be the second system that takes NASA astronauts to the lunar surface, agency officials announced today (May 19).

A consortium led by Blue Origin won the second Human Landing System (HLS) contract issued by NASA for the Artemis program, the agency said during a livestreamed announcement from Washington, D.C. today. Under the $3.4 billion award, Blue Origin will provide a second astronaut moon-landing option for NASA beyond SpaceX's Starship, which was selected in 2021.

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