Moon Base I / Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance is a mission record in the MoonOpps lunar catalog (2026–2035), tracked for 2026 (NET fall 2026). Status: Planned; environmental testing completed. Class: Robotic lander / technology demo. Source confidence is High — corroborated by clear official or primary sources. The record links 6 actors, 4 payloads, 1 region, and 2 cited sources. Tracked actors include Blue Origin, NASA, NASA, Blue Origin, and others. Payloads include autonomous GNC demo, cryogenic propulsion, SCALPSS and Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA), and more. Target region: Shackleton Connecting Ridge, lunar South Pole. Catalog figures come from public sources, not predictions or live scraping, accessed through 2026-06-09.

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2026 / NET fall 2026

Moon Base I / Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance

High

Notes

NASA frames this as Moon Base I and a risk-reduction mission for later crewed Artemis landings.

Actors by role

Payloads by type

instrument

autonomous GNC demo

autonomous GNC demo

cryogenic propulsion

cryogenic propulsion

SCALPSS and Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)

SCALPSS and Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)

lander

precision landing

precision landing

Regions

Sources

Publisher

NASA

Source date

2026-06-09

Accessed

2026-06-09

Updated

Not specified

Publisher

NASA

Source date

2026-06-08

Accessed

2026-06-09

Updated

Not specified