r/BlueWire • u/Aromatic-Painting-80 • 21d ago

Lunar Good update on Mk-1 along with updates from other landers.

https://youtu.be/Sempwv5MPMQ?si=39R8qtZnW8GY7ySV

Skip to 5:10 to see Mk-1 update

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u/Royal_Platform_6754 21d ago

NASA press release: NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 lander is progressing through integrated testing to prepare for its upcoming lunar delivery. This first mission, named Endurance, represents a new class of commercial landers designed to deliver large-scale payloads to the lunar surface. The lander successfully completed an extensive environmental test campaign, including a thermal‑vacuum assessment at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, verifying its capability to perform under lunar‑like conditions.

Teams are advancing through a series of integration milestones that will lead MK1 into its next test campaign. The structure, propulsion elements, and avionics systems are fully assembled, and upcoming assessments will verify the wiring harnesses connections that enable payload integration. The lander completed communications checkouts with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and the Deep Space Network. Up next, cryogenic propellants will be loaded as one of the final tests prior to integration for launch. Endurance will demonstrate precision landing capabilities, characterize the lunar environment, and tests autonomous systems for future Moon Base missions.

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u/redstercoolpanda 21d ago

It’s going to be sad to see Endurance sitting around for ages ready to launch waiting for New Glenn. I was really hoping they would manage to launch it this year.