# Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK1 test lander is being tested at NASA centers across the nation.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-08 · Space.com*

## Key points

- Blue Origin's Endurance lander recently finished vacuum chamber tests at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
- Endurance will soon undergo radio frequency compatibility tests at Blue Origin's Lunar Plant 1 facility.
- Endurance's first lunar mission will also carry two science demonstration payloads for NASA's CLPS program.
- Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, intended to launch Endurance, is currently grounded after a second-stage failure investigation.
- NASA has not specified if Orion will dock with landers or only perform proximity maneuvers on Artemis 3.

**Companies:** Blue Origin, SpaceX
**Countries:** United States

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