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NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the agency said on Friday, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.

Article content WASHINGTON — NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. The bid by Tesla Inc chief Musk beat one from Amazon.com Inc’s founder Jeff Bezos, who had partnered with Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp and Draper. Bezos also owns the Washington Post. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or NASA sa...

Expand SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract To Return To Moon On Same Day Musk's Favorite Crypto Also "Moons" by Tyler Durden Friday, Apr 16, 2021 - 04:40 PM On the very same day that dogecoin has decided to "moon", Elon Musk's SpaceX has won a major $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft that will put astronauts on the moon.  Musk's SpaceX beat out Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc for the contract, according to Reuters. Bezos had partnered with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corp.for his bid.  The mission marks the first for NASA targeting the moon since ...

NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon spacecraft 04/16/2021 20:29 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. The bid by Tesla Inc chief Musk beat one from Amazon.com Inc's founder Jeff Bezos, who had partnered with Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp and Draper. Bezos also owns the Washington Post. The U.S. space agency made the announcemen...

SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier this week, the rocket company announced it had raised about $1.16 billion in equity financing. Last year, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics had landed a contract with NASA to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House’s accelerated deadline under the space agency’s moon-to-Mars campaign. Unlike the Apollo moon landing that happened more than 50 years ago, NASA is gearing up for a long-term presence on Earth’s satellite that the agency says will eventually enable humans to ...