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BLUE ORIGIN MOON LANDER COMPLETES TESTING AT NASA VACUUM CHAMBER

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Endurance is an uncrewed lander funded by Blue Origin to advance Human Landing System capabilities in support of NASA's Artemis program. It will demonstrate precision landing, cryogenic propulsion, and autonomous guidance, navigation, and control capabilities in support of future lunar surface operations. Endurance will carry two NASA science and technology payloads under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to the lunar South Pole region this year. It was developed under a public-private partnership model, with Blue Origin conducting work through a reimbursable Space Act Agreement.