US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), He continues his preparations for the Artemis missions that will take humanity to the moon. In a statement released today, the agency announced which company will transport astronauts to the satellite in the Artemis V mission.

NASA, the aerospace company of billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos of blue origin announced his election. The deal is valued at $3.4 billion.

Blue Origin will develop a lunar landing system for the 2029 mission

A concept of Blue Origin’s “Blue Moon” lander

With NASA’s decision, Blue Origin received $3.4 billion to develop a lunar landing system. The system called “Blue Moon”, which will be developed by the company, Artemis V, which is expected to be completed in 2029 will be used in the job.

If all goes according to plan, with NASA’s Orion capsule on mission four-man crew It is sent to the moon. Two of them will conduct research that will land on the surface with Blue Origin’s vehicle. Let’s add that Blue Origin works with leading aerospace companies, including Lockeed Martin and Boeing.

Blue Origin lost to SpaceX in the race for the Artemis III mission landing craft

It is not the first time that Blue Origin has participated in the Artemis missions. Bezos’ company in 2021 Elon Musk’s company faced SpaceX for Artemis III (2025), the first manned mission. NASA also gave the $2.9 billion deal to SpaceX. On the other hand, NASA announced that by extending SpaceX’s mission, the company’s lander would also be used on Artemis IV.

Following the 2021 NASA decision, Blue Origin objected to the assignment of the task to just one company and even filed a lawsuit. However, his objections were later rejected and he lost the case. With the current decision, Artemis had a chance to compete with SpaceX in its missions. NASA’s new decision, will increase competition expressed.