NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue

NASA has unveiled updated plans for its Artemis Program, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028. The new architecture includes significant changes, most notably the revised plan for SpaceX's Starship vehicle to dock with the Orion spacecraft in high-Earth orbit before transiting to the Moon. Blue Origin's mission architecture involves four launches of the New Glenn rocket, with no spacecraft-to-spacecraft refuelings, but also allows for the possibility of its Blue Moon lander rendezvousing with Orion in low-Lunar orbit.

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