Pick up to 4 vehicles to compare side-by-side. State lives in the URL — share the link and the comparison loads exactly as you left it. No JavaScript required.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Blue Origin | CNSA |
| Prime contractor | Blue Origin | China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |
| Status | In development | In development |
| Customer | NASA-CLPS | CNSA |
| Launch date | Delayed indefinitely (was NET 2026-07) — New Glenn grounded | 2026-08 (NET) |
| Landing date | — | — |
| Landing site | Lunar south pole region | Shackleton crater illuminated rim, lunar south pole |
| Payload | 3,000 kg surface payload capacity (21,350 kg wet lander mass) (2026-05-28) | 21 science payloads (6 international) across orbiter, lander, rover, mini-hopper, and Queqiao-2 (2026-06-12) |
| Contract value | — | — |
| Outcome | First flight test of Blue Moon Mark 1. Carries NASA CLPS Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies + Laser Retroreflective Array. Targets 100 m landing precision. Lander completed full-scale thermal-vacuum testing at NASA Plum Brook (Armstrong Test Facility) May 2026 — but the mission is delayed indefinitely: its New Glenn launch vehicle has been grounded since the NG-3 failure on 2026-04-19, and another New Glenn was destroyed in a pre-launch static-fire explosion at LC-36 on 2026-05-28. | China's first dedicated lunar south-pole prospecting mission. Mini-flying probe hops into permanently shadowed regions to sample for water-ice volatiles. Six international payloads aboard, including an Italian laser retroreflector. Spacecraft arrived at the Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations, targeting ~August 2026. |
Pure URL state — no JavaScript, no localStorage, no cookies. The comparison renders entirely on the server from the slugs in the query string. Bookmark or share the URL and the comparison reproduces exactly.
Underlying dataset: GET /api/moon/landers. Methodology: /moon/methodology.