BLUE ORIGIN SHUTTERS NEW SHEPARD ROCKET PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON MOON LANDER DEVELOPMENT

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Blue Origin is pausing flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years to focus on efforts to build a moon lander for NASA. The company has a $3.6 billion contract with NASA to build a lunar lander to send US astronauts to the lunar surface later this decade. New Shepard has launched dozens of paying passengers and research experiments towards the edge of space since 2021. It was Blue Origin's first rocket, debuting back in 2015.