NASA announces Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to build 2nd moon lander

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Friday that Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has won a coveted contract to build a spacecraft that will shuttle astronauts to the moon. Blue Origin plans to build its 52-foot tall Blue Moon lander in partnership with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, spacecraft software firm Draper and robotics firm Astrobotic.

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