... on the Blue Moon lunar lander and BE-7 LOX/hydrogen engine, while the reusable Ascent Element vehicle is based on the deep-space Orion vehicle that will fly on the Artemis I and II missions. The ...
...engine. ∙ Lockheed Martin develops the reusable Ascent Element vehicle and leads crewed flight operations and training. ∙ Northrop ...Grumman provides the Transfer Element vehicle that brings the landing system down towards...
... company’s proposal, which was submitted to the US space agency yesterday, calls for delivering the lander’s Ascent Element and Descent Element to lunar orbit in one rocket launch, therefore negating the need to send multiple segments into orbit...