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As Artemis Moves Forward, NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one of those astronauts will make history as the first woman on the Moon...

NASA chooses SpaceX to land next astronauts on Moon Nasa has confirmed that it has chosen SpaceX to develop the first commercial human lander to carry astronauts to the lunar surface. The Moon exploration will part of the wider Artemis programme, which eventually aims to send people to Mars. The chosen Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for their multi-day journey to lunar orbit. There, says Nasa, two crew members will transfer to the SpaceX human...

The company beat out two others in its bid to develop a lunar lander that will bring Americans back to the moon in the coming years.

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander Saturday, April 17, 2021 Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon under the Artemis program. SpaceX NASA will pay Elon Musks SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for NASAs Human Landing System program. On Friday NASA announced ...

NASA picks SpaceX to build Artemis programs lunar lander UPDATED 7:44 PM ET Apr. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:32 PM ET Apr. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:32 PM EDT Apr. 16, 2021 SHARE Nearly a year after announcing that three companies would compete for the chance to build the Human Landing System, NASA’s next vehicle to land humans on the Moon, NASA announced Friday that SpaceX would win that contract. What You Need To Know N...

And the 13th guy Share Copy NASA today announced the next US lunar mission will use SpaceXs HLS Starship to put American astronauts on the Moons surface. Elon Musks rocketry biz thus scoops a $2.89bn contract to put the first woman and the 13th man on the Moon as part of the American space agencys Artemis program. NASA will use its own much-delayed SLS booster to launch four astronauts into orbit and make the trans-lunar injection burn – pointing them Moon-ward, basically – and then...

NASA chooses SpaceX to land next Americans on the Moon Apr 16, 2021 19:12 EDT with 5 comments NASA has awarded a $2.89 billion contract to SpaceX to continue developing a commercial human lander that will deliver the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. Under current plans, the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will take astronauts to Lunar orbit where two of the up to four crew members would transfer to SpaceX’s human lander. Kathy Lueders, NA...

NASA picks SpaceX to take astronauts back to the surface of the moon SpaceX Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry NASA astronauts to the Moons surface during the Artemis mission. and last updated 2021-04-16 19:48:31-04 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA announced Friday they selected SpaceX to continue development of their first commercial human lander to take the next two Americans to the surface of the moon. The lunar trip, part of the Artemis program, will send th...

SpaceX wins $2.9bn moon lander contract from NASA 4 Min Read 2 hours ago SpaceX was one of three companies that received initial HLS contracts nearly one year ago for early design work on their lander concepts. Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis programme. Credits: SpaceX NASA has announced that it awarded a contract to SpaceX for Option A of the Human Landing System (HLS) programme, which c...

SpaceX lands NASAs $2.89 billion contract to put humans on lunar surface with Starship Published  article Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry NASA astronauts to the Moons surface during the Artemis mission.Credits: SpaceX LAKE MARY, Fla. - NASA on Friday announced a continued partnership with SpaceX in the development of the first commercial human lander that will carry the next American astronauts to the lunar surface, part of the Artemis Moon program. The s...