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
The Associated Press
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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.