Its objective is to allow sustained human presence and increased scientific and commercial activity at the lunar South Pole, as well as lay the foundations for the first manned missions to Mars. Michel Mayor, Nobel Prize in Physics: "Migrating to Mars would be madness, it would mean living worse than in the worst place on Earth." NASA plans to send an uncrewed lander from Blue Origin to the Moon between September and November to begin laying the foundations for the future lunar base, and it will be followed by two similar missions scheduled for before the end of 2026, as the space agency reported this Tuesday. The spacecraft chosen for the first mission is the Blue Origin Mark One Endurance landing module, designed by Jeff Bezos's space company, the founder of Amazon, according to NASA administrator Jared Isaacman during a press conference in Washington.