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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. Another goal of the Artemis program includes landing the first person of color on the lunar surfac...

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 landing system (HLS) for the final leg of their journey to the surface of the Moon. After approxima...

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 Musk's 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 NASA's Human Landing System program. On Friday NASA announced SpaceX's "Starship" design had beat out the other two companies for the contract. It's the first t...

NASA picks SpaceX to build Artemis program's 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 NASA has tapped SpaceX to design and build the Artemis program's lunar lander The Artemis program is...