Friday on Instagram Jeff Bezos shared footage from NASA’s test of Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine, which he described approvingly as “a high-performance, additively manufactured liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen lunar landing engine with 10,000 lbf [pound-force] of thrust — deep throttling down to 2,000 lbf for a precise landing on the Moon.” The test brings the program’s cumulative test time up to 1,245…
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Firms compete to build next-gen lunar lander
Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics are each working on their own solutions to landing humans on the Moon. NASA doesn’t seem to be letting the coronaviru… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336740/firms-compete-to-build-next-gen-lunar-lander…
NASA Names Companies To Develop Human Landers For Artemis Moon Missions
New submitter penandpaper shares an excerpt from a NASA press release: NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for…