Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions

The Guardian World Tuesday 26 May 2026, 20:14 UTC By Richard Luscombe 1 min read

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NASA has selected Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, to conduct the first of three planned uncrewed lunar missions this year. These missions are part of a larger initiative to prepare for the construction of a $20 billion moon base.

Three lunar landings are planned for this year in preparation for the construction of a $20bn moon base

Nasa announced on Tuesday ambitious plans for three uncrewed lunar missions this year to kickstart construction of a $20bn moon base, and said it had chosen Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to conduct the first.

The revelation by Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, at a press conference in Washington DC marked the first detailed public explanation of how and when the moon base will be built.

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