Blue Moon Lander

Human Landing System(HLS)

As of 30 April 2020 Blue Origin won a $579 million NASA 10 month contract to look into building a Blue Moon Lander system by 2024 with it partners the National Team that includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper. Their Integrated Lander Vehicle (ILV) is a three-stage lander that harnesses the proven spaceflight heritage of each team.

HLS lander at the moon

Blue Moon Lander

A project to send a robotic lander to the moon’s south polar region by 2021/24, as an initial step toward an “Amazon-like” lunar delivery system and eventually a permanently inhabited moon base.

Blue Origin is seeking NASA’s support for sending a “Blue Moon” lander to Shackleton Crater near the moon’s south pole. The lander would be designed to carry up to 10,000 pounds of payload. It could be launched by Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, which is currently under development, or by other vehicles including NASA’s Space Launch System or United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5.

Introducing Blue Moon

“Once on the surface, the lander’s useful payload can be used to conduct science or deploy rovers,” the Post quoted the proposal as saying. “A robotic arm attached to the lander will deploy to examine the lunar surface with an array of instruments.”

Blue Moon (2018 version)

Blue Origin are working on a new LH2/LOX rocket engine for landings on the moon called BE7 with 40 kN 10,000lb (4,535kg) of thrust.

The cargo variant revealed can carry 3.6 metric tons to the surface of the moon.

Blue Moon lander

A stretched version is to be capable of carrying a 6.5-metric-ton, human-rated ascent stage.