Blue Origin Blue Moon Landers: New Details about MK1 & MK2 Vehicles With a Demo Mission in late 2025

John Couluris, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Lunar Permanence, delivered a presentation at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Meeting, unveiling new details about the company’s Moon Lander. Contracted by NASA for the Artemis program, this lander is designed to carry humans to the lunar surface. This video highlights the key updates shared in the presentation.

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00:00 Intro
02:02 Blue Moon Mark 1: Robotic Lunar Lander
03:38 Blue Moon MK1 and MK2: Key Differences
05:05 Blue Origin Advances Large Cargo Lander for NASA’s Artemis Programme
07:05 Upcoming Missions for Blue Moon MK1
07:54 Outro

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John Couluris (VP of Lunar Permanence at Blue Origin) gave a presentation at LSIC Spring Meeting 2025 Day 1 ( Video Starts at 57:23 ): https://www.youtube.com/live/X51o0kEJrLo?si=AKbzJ7rTUnGdXNw2&t=3443

Blue Origin updates work on ‘transporter’ for Blue Moon lunar lander: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-updates-work-on-transporter-for-blue-moon-lunar-lander/

NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission [August 2024]: https://spacenews.com/nasa-payload-to-fly-on-first-blue-origin-lunar-lander-mission/

Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/artemis-campaign-development-division/human-landing-system-program/work-underway-on-large-cargo-landers-for-nasas-artemis-moon-missions/

NASA to make lunar cargo delivery awards to Blue Origin and SpaceX: https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-make-lunar-cargo-delivery-awards-to-blue-origin-and-spacex/