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Blue Origin unveils huge 'Power Tower' to boost solar electricity on the moon (video)
Space • • technology
Key Points:
- Blue Origin unveiled its "Power Tower," a 20-meter-tall solar array system designed to provide over 10 kilowatts of power for lunar base operations at the moon's south pole.
- The company shared an animation on X showing the tower landing and deploying on the lunar surface, along with a YouTube video of a successful Earth-based deployment test conducted on July 22, 2026.
- The Power Tower features a modular design intended to extend power beyond the lander to other surface assets, supporting future lunar surface networks.
- This technology builds on the earlier Lunar Array Mast and Power System (LAMPS), developed by Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin subsidiary, and tested at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 2024.
- Honeybee Robotics' work is part of NASA's Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) project, aimed at developing solar arrays to sustain long-term human presence on the moon.
