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Blue Moon MK1 Endurance (Moon Base I)

NET fall 2026 · Blue Moon MK1 Endurance · planned

Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance - NASA Moon Base I.

Moon Base I: deliver NASA SCALPSS + LRA to Shackleton Connecting Ridge.

Crew-class lander is Blue Moon MK2 on Artemis V (National Team). Dual-provider enable also densifies on Artemis III and Artemis IV.

$6,100,000 public package award.

Stack

VehicleBlue Moon MK1 Endurance
Launch vehicleNew Glenn
SiteShackleton Connecting Ridge · lunar south pole

Themes

LandersThe vehicles that put cargo and crew on the surface - commercial cargo landers and human landing systems.
Science & sensingInstruments that measure the Moon and nearby space - composition, radiation, dust, heat, fields, and environment.
Getting thereThe Earth-to-cislunar delivery layer - launch vehicles and orbital transfer that carry the landers.
SubsurfaceDrills, heat-flow probes, radar, ice mining, scoops - when listed on a flight.

Companies

Prime

Named on this flight

Rocket LabSolar arrays, flight software, and Electron lunar pathfinders

Named suppliers

NASALRA on Blue Moon MK1 (CT-3)

Jobs

Cargo

SCALPSS 1.x

Demo for landing plume. NASA booked two instruments as cargo on Blue Origin's company-funded MK1 lander: SCALPSS cameras and a laser retroreflector. · NASA · science.nasa.gov

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