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| Attribute | Blue Moon Mark 1 (flight 2) Blue Moon MK1 / VIPER Delivery Trust: Trade-press only Last verified Remove × | |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Blue Origin | ispace |
| Prime contractor | Blue Origin | ispace |
| Status | In development | Lost |
| Customer | NASA-CLPS | private |
| Launch date | — | 2022-12-11 |
| Landing date | — | 2023-04-25 |
| Landing site | Lunar south pole (VIPER traverse site) | Atlas crater, Mare Frigoris (planned; impacted at altitude ~5 km) |
| Payload | VIPER rover (~430 kg dry) (2025-09-19) | Rashid rover (10 kg, UAE/MBRSC) + Sora-Q (0.25 kg, JAXA) + commercial (2023-04-25) |
| Contract value | $190M (2025-09-19) | — |
| Outcome | NASA's CLPS task order awarded 2025-09-19 after pulling VIPER from Griffin. Re-uses second MK1 lander production unit; mission cadence depends on Pathfinder Mission 1 outcome. | Travelled ~1.4M km — at the time, furthest a privately funded spacecraft had flown. Software flagged the radar altimeter as faulty after the lander crossed a crater rim cliff and ignored its readings. Lander ran out of fuel hovering ~5 km above surface and free-fell. |
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