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  [Discuss] Blue Origin Blue Moon as Artemis HLS

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Robert Pearlman
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posted 05-29-2025 07:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Please use this topic to discuss the Blue Origin Blue Moon human landing system being developed for NASA's Artemis program and the return of astronauts to the moon's surface.

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According to an article by Aviation Week's Irene Klotz, Jeff Bezos urged that Blue Origin add the necessary equipment to the mass demonstrator (intended for the first flight of New Glenn) to effect a soft lunar landing by the end of this year.

If successful, this will be the largest payload to land on the Moon as it will be 26 ft. tall and 10 ft. in diameter.

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posted 05-29-2025 08:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here's a Blue Origin graphic comparing the size of the Apollo lunar module, the Blue Moon MK1 test vehicle which the company is targeting to land later this year and the full Blue Moon HLS for Artemis and other applications:

And here's a new render of Blue Origin's plan for transporter to refuel the Blue Moon HLS in Earth orbit before leaving for the moon:

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The landing legs on the Mk1 do not seem to provide much stability for a landing. They seem to have half the distance from the centerline as that for the lunar module. The Mk2 legs seem to be much more stable. Of course the proof will come late this year.

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