2023年5月23日

NASA选择蓝色起源作为第二个阿耳特弥斯月球着陆器提供者国家队合作伙伴包括洛克希德马丁公司、德雷伯,波音,宇宙机器人和蜜蜂机器人技术。艺术家的蓝色月球着陆器的概念。蓝色起源发展人类着陆系统机构的阿耳特弥斯V登月任务,NASA已经选择蓝色起源肯特,华盛顿。通过阿耳特弥斯,美国宇航局将探索月球的比以往任何时候都多,准备未来的宇航员飞向火星。蓝色起源将设计、开发、测试和验证其蓝色月球着陆器满足重复美国宇航局的人类着陆系统要求宇航员探险月球表面,包括与网关对接,空间站,宇航员在月球轨道转移。除了设计和开发工作,该合同包括一个“示范任务在载人月球表面演示在2029年阿耳特弥斯V的使命。该项固定价格合同的总合同价值为34亿美元。蓝色起源国家队合作伙伴包括洛克希德马丁公司、德雷伯,波音,宇宙机器人和蜜蜂机器人技术。根据这项合同,蓝色的起源和其国家队伙伴将开发和飞月球登陆器,可以精确着陆在月球表面和一个月地运输。这些汽车是由LOX-LH2。 The high-specific impulse of LOX-LH2 provides a dramatic advantage for high-energy deep space missions. Blue Origin’s architecture also prepares for that future day when lunar ice can be used to manufacture LOX and LH2 propellants on the moon. For the Artemis V mission, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will launch four astronauts to lunar orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft. Once Orion docks with Gateway, two astronauts will transfer to Blue Origin’s human landing system for about a weeklong trip to the moon’s South Pole region where they will conduct science and exploration activities. Artemis V is at the intersection of demonstrating NASA’s initial lunar exploration capabilities and establishing the foundational systems to support recurring complex missions in lunar orbit and on the surface as part of the agency’s moon to Mars exploration approach. Adding another human landing system partner to NASA’s Artemis program will increase competition, reduce costs to taxpayers, support a regular cadence of lunar landings, further invest in the lunar economy, and help NASA achieve its goals on and around the moon in preparation for future astronaut missions to Mars. The agency previously contracted SpaceX to demonstrate an initial human landing system for the Artemis III mission. Under that contract, the agency also directed SpaceX to evolve its design to meet the agency’s requirements for sustainable exploration and to demonstrate the lander on Artemis IV. As a result of the contract with Blue Origin to demonstrate on Artemis V a lander that meets these same sustainable lander requirements, including capabilities for increased crew size, longer mission duration, and delivery of more mass to the moon, multiple providers will be available to compete for future opportunities to fulfill NASA’s lunar surface access needs for Artemis missions. “Having two distinct lunar lander designs, with different approaches to how they meet NASA's mission needs, provides more robustness and ensures a regular cadence of moon landings,” said Lisa Watson-Morgan, manager, Human Landing System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. “This competitive approach drives innovation, brings down costs, and invests in commercial capabilities to grow the business opportunities that can serve other customers and foster a lunar economy.” NASA issued the solicitation , known as Appendix P, of its second Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Broad Agency Announcement (Next-STEP2 BAA), in September 2022 as part of the ongoing development of advanced space exploration technologies, capabilities, and concepts. Latest from Aerospace Manufacturing and Design