Blue Origin Attempts End of Year Return and Eyes Artemis IV Selection
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NASA Space Flight - With Blue Origin moving towards a potential return to flight by late 2026, NASA has formally integrated a Blue Moon Mark 2 (Mk2) test article into its revised Artemis III low-Earth orbit (LEO) flight profile. Under the updated plan, the vehicle will launch to LEO to perform critical rendezvous and crew-ingress demonstrations ahead of full lunar surface operations under Artemis IV, if selected by NASA.
Meanwhile, Blue Origin has completed major structural repairs at Launch Complex 36A (LC-36A) following the May anomaly. The company is also laying the physical foundation for its secondary launch pad, Launch Complex 36B (LC-36B).
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Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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