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Blue Origin tests 1st moon lander ahead of lunar launch later this year (photo)

By Josh Dinner published 8 May 26

Blue Origin continues putting its first lunar lander through its paces, testing the spacecraft at NASA centers across the nation to prepare it for its upcoming mission to the moon.

Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published 5 May 26

Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to the moon.

NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?

By Andrew Jones published 5 May 26

After Artemis 2, NASA's moon return hinges on two unproven commercial landers, each of which faces major technical and timeline challenges.

Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap

By Mike Wall published 22 April 26

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which failed to deliver a satellite to the proper orbit during its third-ever launch on Sunday (April 19).

Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch

By Robert Z. Pearlman published 19 April 26

Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it put into space was left in the wrong location.

Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video)

By Josh Dinner last updated 19 April 26

The BlueBird 7 satellite will be deorbited.

Landing astronauts on the moon 'is absolutely doable, and it's doable soon,' NASA's Artemis 2 commander says

By Josh Dinner published 16 April 26

The Artemis 2 astronauts said they gained a deeper understanding of their Orion capsule during their moon mission — and what they learned bodes well for future Artemis flights.

Blue Origin fires up used New Glenn rocket ahead of landmark reflight (photo)

By Mike Wall published 16 April 26

Blue Origin conducted a static fire test today (April 16) with a flight-proven New Glenn booster, paving the way for a planned launch on Sunday morning (April 19).

Splashdown! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic NASA mission to the moon

By Mike Wall last updated 11 April 26

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts came home today (April 10), wrapping up an epic mission that broke spaceflight records and set the stage for even more ambitious moonshots to come.

Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?

By Elizabeth Howell published 31 March 26

Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet land on the lunar surface?