NASA Picks Bezos’s Blue Origin to Build Lunar Landers for Moonwalkers

NASA Picks Bezos’s Blue Origin to Build Lunar Landers for Moonwalkers
The Blue Moon lander. Blue Origin via AP
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.

Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday to lead a team to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.