Key Points
The lander will have to meet the space agencys requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to the lunar surface, including docking with the Gateway, a space station that NASA plans to launch into the lunar orbit...
Apart from the design and development of the lander, the contract awarded by NASA also includes one uncrewed demonstration mission to the lunar surface before astronauts use the lander during the Artemis V mission, which the agency targets to launch in 2029...
NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch four astronauts to lunar orbit as part of the Artemis V mission..
After Orion docks with Gateway, two of the astronauts will transfer to Blue Origins human landing system, on which they will go on a weeklong trip to the lunar south pole...
Blue Origin says that its lander and cislunar will be fueled by a combination of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (just like SLS) and that they will be capable of making a precision landing anywhere on the Moon...
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