The mission would land astronauts on the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years. Today, I m very excited, and we are all very excited to announce that we have awarded SpaceX to continue the development of our integrated human landing system, NASA s Human Landing program manager Lisa Watson-Morgan said in a call with reporters Friday afternoon.
It s unclear where the lunar lander will be built, but SpaceX has a significant presence in far South Texas, with an operations site near Boca Chica that includes a production facility and a launch site. Ultimately the lunar lander will be launched from space, but it s not yet clear from which Earth-based location the craft will hitch a ride into space.
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