Blue Origin is under contract with NASA to land two astronauts on the Moon for a 30-day stay in 2030 using Blue Moon Mark 2.

Judge as of 1 January 2026. True: NASA's official contract records or announcements show that Blue Origin then held a NASA contract (for example, the Artemis Sustaining Lunar Development / Artemis V award) to land two astronauts on the Moon using Blue Moon Mark 2, with a crewed landing targeted around 2030 and a surface stay of about 30 days. Mostly true: the contract and the lander are correct, but one detail is slightly off, such as the target year (for example, 2029 or 2031 rather than 2030) or the length of the stay. Mixed: a contract for a Blue Moon crewed landing exists, but several details are wrong. Mostly false: Blue Origin had only an uncrewed or study contract, or the contract had been cancelled or restructured by that date. False: there was no such NASA contract.

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1. E1 NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider - NASA NASA · 19 May 2023

   “Once Orion docks with Gateway, two astronauts will transfer to Blue Origin’s human landing system for about a weeklong trip to the Moon’s South Pole region where they will conduct science and exploration activities.”

2. E2 NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider - NASA NASA · 19 May 2023

   “In addition to design and development work, the contract includes one uncrewed demonstration mission to the lunar surface before a crewed demo on the Artemis V mission in 2029.”

3. E3 NASA's Management of the Human Landing System Contracts (IG-26-004) NASA Office of Inspector General · 10 March 2026

   “However, in December 2024, NASA announced the Artemis V launch date had been pushed to no later than March 2030, giving the provider an additional 15 months to complete remaining milestones and deliver its lander.”

4. E4 NASA's Management of the Human Landing System Contracts (IG-26-004) NASA Office of Inspector General · 10 March 2026

   “Blue Origin will then test its Mark 2 variant—designed to carry astronauts—on an uncrewed demonstration mission before use on the Artemis V crewed mission.”

NASA's 2023 award announcement shows that Blue Origin holds a human landing system contract that includes a crewed demonstration on Artemis V, in which two astronauts move to Blue Origin's lander (E1, E2). The Mark 2 variant is the one designed to carry astronauts on that mission (E4). In December 2024, NASA moved the Artemis V launch to no later than March 2030 (E3), so a 2030 target fits the claim. However, the only evidence on stay length describes a trip of about a week, not 30 days (E1). That makes one detail wrong, and the criteria name stay length as a detail that still allows mostly true.