James Stoffel

ALT A rendering of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander that will return astronauts to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

ALT The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

ALT NASA\u2019s\u202FArtemis II SLS (Space Launch System)\u202Frocket, with the Orion\u202Fspacecraft atop carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Two white solid rocket boosters are on either side of the orange core stage. White plumes emit from the rocket engines. The sky is blue in the background. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

ALT Blue Moon MK1-102 aft module being transported at Lunar Plant 1 with the American flag in the background.

ALT Blue Moon MK1-102 liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks inside Blue Origin's Lunar Plant 1

ALT Blue Moon MK1-102 aft module on a white low-test stand for processing at Lunar Plant 1.

ALT This image of the Moon and Earth was captured by a camera on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar arrays during the Artemis I mission on Dec. 5, 2022. The white Orion spacecraft can be glimpsed on the left side of the image. The gray cratered surface of the Moon takes up the lower half of the image. The Earth resembles a crescent moon in the vast distance against the blackness of space. Lens glare appears on the image. Credit: NASA