SpaceX vs. Blue Origin: Race to Land NASA Astronauts on the Moon by 2028

NASA outlines the timeline for SpaceX and Blue Origin to ready their moon landers for the agency's Artemis program. Artemis III is scheduled for mid-2027, with both spacecraft set to perform docking tests with NASA's Orion capsule, but NASA hasn't decided which of the landers, SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon, will deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon on Artemis IV. Credit: Space.com | edited by Josh Dinner