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NASA has awarded Texas-based Firefly Aerospace approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the

autoevolution 6 Feb 2021, 10:39 UTC · by The Artemis Moon exploration program is a multi-tiered one. The most spectacular and visible of these tiers is, of course, the planned return of astronauts to the satellite. Yet the scope of Artemis is not simply to get people there and back, but establish a long-term human presence. 1 photo For that to happen, NASA needs some serious help, and the agency was not afraid to ask. Unlike the Apollo program of the 1970s, this one will be seriously backed by the private sector, which will actively participate in virtually every aspect of Artemis. Tec...

Firefly will light up the moon with $93M lunar lander contract from NASA NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to take a lunar lander module loaded with experiments to the surface of the moon. While the company will not be performing the launch itself, it will be providing the spacecraft and “Blue Ghost” lander for the 2023 mission. The space agency made the award as part of its ongoing Commercial Lunar Payload Services, under which several other non-prime space companies have been selected for similar work: Blue Origin, Astrobotic, Masten and so on. This particular ...

Washington, February 5 NASA has awarded Texas-based Firefly Aerospace approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023.

NASA awards $93.3 million to Firefly Aerospace for moon mission technology Shane McGlaun - Feb 5, 2021, 5:02am CST Although it’s not exactly clear if NASA will hit its 2024 timeline for returning humans to the moon under the new presidential administration, NASA is moving forward with technologies required for the moon mission. NASA has announced that it has awarded Firefly Aerospace approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the moon in 2023. The mission will deliver the technology to Mare Crisium, a low h...