Jeff Bezoz Reveals Rocket Engine by His Space Company Blue Origin That Will Take First Woman to Moon

During the test, the engine tallied 1,245 seconds of test-fire time and is expected to fuel the company’s National Team Human Landing System lunar lander.Blue Origin, space company of Jeff Bezos, will be taking a woman to the moon’s surface for the first time. While women have gone to space for exploration, they have not stepped on the moon yet.

Jeff Bezos announced the company’s decision to take a woman astronaut to the moon at a time when NASA is deciding on picking its first privately built lunar landers. These lunar landers have the capability to send astronauts to the moon by 2024.

The 56-year old billionaire took to Instagram to announce this on Friday and his post read, “This (BE-7) is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the Moon.” Bezos also shared a video of the lander’s engine test that took place at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.