Blue Origin Prepares To Leapfrog SpaceX To The Moon

Irene Klotz May 28, 2025
MK2 lander airlock mockup

Blue Origin tested a mockup MK2 lunar lander airlock at the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in May. 

Credit: Blue Origin
Blue Origin’s Mark 1 lunar lander began life as a structural test article for what the company hoped would be a follow-on contract to its original 2020 Human Landing System technology development partnership with NASA. But competitor SpaceX won that round, a decision that sparked protests with the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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