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Photo: Joe Raedle / Staff (Getty Images) NASA selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Lunar Gateway space station on Wednesday, the second high-profile contract the government agency awarded the private aerospace manufacturer this week. Advertisement During the newly-announced flight, which is currently slated to take place “no earlier than” May of 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the first two elements of the planned outpost as one integrated pa...

10 February 2021, 11:24 am EST By The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it has awarded the contract to launch the initial elements of the lunar outpost for its Artemis mission to the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which is owned by multi-billionaire Elon Musk. (Photo : NASA) SpaceX Gets NASA Contract Again According to the NASA blog, SpaceX will be lending its Falcon Heavy rocket to the United States space agency to deliver the agencys Power and...

NASA has awarded SpaceX a $338 million contract to deliver a key part of the Artemis moon program, two pieces of an orbiting space outpost providing a gateway to the moon for astronauts.

Next Rocket Lab launch: satellite for US Missile Defence, moon prep 9 Feb, 2021 09:27 PM 8 minutes to read Rocket Labs Moon mission: The NZ-based staff describe how theyll get a NASA satellite into lunar orbit. Video / Brett Phibbs / Jed Bradley Rocket Labs Moon mission: The NZ-based staff describe how theyll get a NASA satellite into lunar orbit. Video / Brett Phibbs / Jed Bradley Rocket Labs next launch will carry another military payload, and see further refinement of the Photon platform tha...

Margaret Weitekamp, curator at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum weighs in on NASAs preparation for the future of American spaceflight. White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday voiced support for NASAs Artemis Program, which aims to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024. Psaki during the press briefing Thursday told reporters that the U.S. government will "work with industry and international partners to send astronauts to the surface of the moon." "Another man and ...

NASA will repeat the Green Run test afterall.

NASA continues to test the RS-25 engines that will send astronauts atop the Artemis rocket, known as the Space Launch System, to the moon.

SUBSCRIBE TO EIR Executive Intelligence Review. by Ned Rosinsky, MD NASA An artist’s depiction of the Constellation mission, cancelled during the Obama administration in 2010. The Artemis program takes up again the task of sending human beings to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Jan. 23—With the new Biden administration already slashing several of the development policies initiated by the Trump presidency, such as the Keystone XL Pipeline, on his first day in office, and Biden promoting the anti...

Finding the Perfect Landing Spot for NASA’s Moon Mission Will Be Tricky Image: NASA For the pending Artemis missions to the Moon, NASA has already selected the southern polar region as the destination for its astronauts, but an exact landing spot has yet to be determined. Given the needs of the Artemis program, this won’t be easy. Advertisement Artemis presents a unique challenge for NASA and its astronauts, who are scheduled to visit the lunar surface at some point this decade, possibly a...

Michiganders Help NASA Return To The Moon Drew Feustel, an astronaut from Lake Orion, Michigan serves as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office for NASA. Part of his job is to make sure others are prepared for a moon landing by 2024. Drew holds the record for being third in the world for time spent spacewalking. He’s also second when it comes to U.S. astronauts. NASAs project to return to the moon is called the Artemis Program, which is named after the twin sister of Apollo. The mission ...