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NASA hires SpaceX to send lunar space station into space Alastair Grant/AP FILE - A full moon rises over the traditional Norwegian Christmas tree in London's Trafalgar Square, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. December’s full moon, the last of the year, is called the Full Cold Moon because it occurs during the beginning of winter. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) and last updated 2021-02-11 21:47:56-05 NASA announced this week it has tabbed SpaceX to send sections of the Gateway lunar outpost into space, which will serve as a lunar space station for astronauts coming from and going to the moon. The Powe...

NASA picks SpaceX's Heavy Falcon to launch two essential parts of Lunar Gateway he single-trip using SpaceX's Heavy Falcon cost NASA $332 million and will launch the PPE and the HALO elements of Lunar Gateway. February 11, 2021 08:23 GMT NASA revealed that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the first two parts of the Lunar Gateway. This will be an outpost that will orbit the moon and will serve as a pit stop for future missions to the moon. Initially, the two pieces of Gateway, which includes the astronaut living quarters and the propulsion module, were designed to be launched separatel...

Photo: Joe Raedle / Staff (Getty Images) NASA selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Lunar Gateway space station on Wednesday, the second high-profile contract the government agency awarded the private aerospace manufacturer this week. Advertisement During the newly-announced flight, which is currently slated to take place “no earlier than” May of 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the first two elements of the planned outpost as one integrated payload that will include Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and its Habitation and Logist...

NASA selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Lunar Gateway space station on Wednesday, the second high-profile contract

10 February 2021, 11:24 am EST By The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it has awarded the contract to launch the initial elements of the lunar outpost for its Artemis mission to the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which is owned by multi-billionaire Elon Musk. (Photo : NASA) SpaceX Gets NASA Contract Again According to the NASA blog, SpaceX will be lending its Falcon Heavy rocket to the United States space agency to deliver the agency's Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), which are the initial el...