Power changes what’s possible on the lunar surface. Our Power Tower is a 20-meter-tall, vertically deployed solar array system designed to provide more than 10 kilowatts of power for Moon Base operations at the lunar South Pole. Its modular architecture will support future surface networks, extending power beyond the... lander to the assets that need it most. Explore the concept in our animation below, then watch a successful real-world deployment:show more

Just don't land a 50m Starship right next to it and block it's sunlight! ;)

Ok, this is actually pretty cool!

You guys are cooking!

Blue Originが開発中の月面用ソーラーパネル「Power Tower」の紹介です。高さ20mで10kW以上の電力を供給。最大のポイントは将来は着陸船に固定されず、探査車や居住モジュールへ電力を分配する「独立した電源ハブ」になるモジュール設計が想定されていることです。 既に地球の熱真空チャンバーで月の極寒・真空環境テストをクリア済み（TRL-6到達）。実際の月面で展開される日が待ち遠しいですね。

Blue origin has a lot of concepts and animations.

It can be lighter and stronger and more flexible!

Clever! Unwinding a stored coil of flat pre-stressed metal, which snaps into a spiral-formed cylinder, as the central elevation strut of the Power Tower? Reminds me of the wood fired portable tent stoves, which have collapsible chimneys formed by a flat strip of metal.

10,000 watts (and a huge machine) is nothing when you're trying to heat and cool a habitat that sits at -200c to +82c. For reference, the space station generates 120,000watts with their solar array. I'd figure those neat little reactors would make a lot more sense, no?

Still waiting for BO to put anything onto the moon. Been lots of talk for years. They can barely fly their main rocket.

This is a really smart idea. Building the Moon’s power infrastructure separately from the landers seems like the way to do it.

Now make it mobile with a massive battery pack as the base.

Intrigued by that telescoping tower mechanism. What have you done there? Looks very innovative

You should have just used the redwire ROSA array, this methodology has way too many fail points.

Animations are easy

Love this modular architecture. Extending power beyond the lander changes the whole game for lunar operations. Operating in the extreme cold at the South Pole is tough, so this test results will be highly beneficial and a great reference for upcoming Japanese surface rovers too. Exciting times for international collaboration!

A 20 meter tower. Over 10 kilowatts of power. Designed for the lunar base at the South Pole. Sounds like engineering. But behind every modular design are teams that test, fix, and test again. The tech gets the headline. The team makes it work.

Will the stars really be visible from the lunar south pole?

Cool. And make sure that landing and launches happen in a safe distance - or on a built pad, so regolithkic-up doesn't happen.

This is going to be a lot of fun

👌🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸 it’s actually starting to become possible, exciting times ahead for space after so many wasted years

Cool concept, but looks a lot of mass in those solar panels, they should be like the ones on the IS where they unfurl.

The next ten years will be very exciting!

A 20-meter Power Tower aimed at more than 10 kW for South Pole Moon Base ops. Modular solar that stands tall is how a dark pole stays lit for work.

I wonder, have you included wireless charging stations on the lander for autonoumous robots & rovers to continue surface operations during lunar nights which will be critical for US ? We're well behind China with only one @NASA lunar mission by December end in 2026. 😔 Griffin-1

The deployment mechanism is the part I'd want the CAD files for. Vertical deployment means every hinge and joint has to work perfectly on the first try, no repair crew on standby. Specs matter, especially when the Moon is the customer.

I dont think spacex are building any actual hardware to support lunar bases. Blue origin is.

Woah they could grid the moon with as many of these as they need

Legs aren’t wide enough, it will fall over.

20 m Power Tower claiming >10 kW at the lunar South Pole is an energy architecture, not a render. Scoreboard is first Blue Moon Mark 1 night that runs on that stack without a diesel-class backup — what's the public kWh/sol target for Endurance?

Electricity, as a symbol of civilization in an era, requires more convenient installation methods

Amazing.

PEASANTS, THE MOON POWER GRID HAS ENTERED ITS ROYAL EXPANSION ERA.