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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch on its third? flight, carrying the Blue Moon Mark 1 Pathfinder, designated MK1-SN001 and named Endurance, to a lunar landing. NASA will fly a camera system to study how engine plumes interact with regolith at south polar regions of the moon, collecting data to support future crewed landing missions. The payload, called Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS), will fly through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The spacecraft is 8.05m tall with a diameter of 3.08m and has a wet mass (fully fuelled) of up to 21350kg. New Glenn will place Blue Moon into low Earth orbit, remaining there for three to four orbits to do initial checkouts. It will then raise its apogee for additional tests, including its high-gain antenna system, before performing a translunar injection maneuver to go to the Moon, entering a low lunar orbit five to seven days later. The spacecraft will conduct multiple subsystem characterisation activities in lunar orbit before attempting a landing. Powered by a single hydroLOX-fueled BE-7 engine, the lander will aim to touch down within 10m of its intended target at Shackleton crater. New Glenn version 7×2 is equipped with seven BE-4 LNG/LOX engines on the reusable GS1 first stage and two BE-3U hydroLOX engines on the GS2 second stage. - Delayed from March, June, August and late 2025.
📍 Space Launch Complex 36, air force station, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA