“We believe our partnership with Northrop Grumman makes us more than ready for the challenge.” “As the only company to successfully build a crewed lunar lander, Northrop Grumman will be an excellent partner as we support NASA’s inspiring efforts to return humans to the lunar surface,” said Steve Cook, president of Dynetics, in a statement, referring to the development of the Apollo-era Lunar Module by Grumman Aerospace. The companies also did not disclose details about their concept but did release an illustration, showing a design similar to what Dynetics proposed in the original HLS competition. Northrop Grumman is instead joining a team led by Dynetics that submitted its own SLD proposal, the companies announced Dec. The company instead emphasized the national aspect of its team, with suppliers in 48 of 50 states, excluding only Nebraska and North Dakota. In its place is Boeing, a company that submitted its own HLS proposal but was not selected for an initial “base period” award in 2020.īlue Origin did not disclose details about its proposed lander or the roles its partners would play. Notably absent from the team is Northrop Grumman, which was part of Blue Origin’s original proposal, contributing a module that would transport the lander from the lunar Gateway to a low lunar orbit. Blue Origin also added Astrobotic, a company developing robotic lunar landers, and Honeybee Robotics, a space technology company acquired by Blue Origin in January. The announcement coincided with NASA’s deadline for SLD proposals.Īs with its original Human Landing System (HLS) proposal, Blue Origin called the companies it partnered with on the SLD proposal the “National Team.” Draper and Lockheed Martin, who were part of that original proposal, rejoined the new team.
6 that it submitted a proposal for NASA’s Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) competition to fund development of a lander capable of transporting astronauts to and from the lunar surface. WASHINGTON - Teams led by Blue Origin and Dynetics, runners-up in NASA’s first competition to develop a lander to transport astronauts to the lunar surface, have submitted proposals for a NASA competition to select a second lander.īlue Origin announced Dec.
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