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NASA chooses SpaceX to launch lunar gateway By (0) An illustration shows NASA's planned lunar Gateway space station with the moon in the background. Image courtesy of NASA An illustration shows NASA's planned lunar Gateway space station with the moon and Earth in the background. Image courtesy of NASA An illustration shows NASA's planned lunar Gateway space station with the moon in the background. Image courtesy of NASA ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- NASA's Lunar Gateway, a space station that will serve future lunar missions, is on schedule for launch by SpaceX in May 2024. Gateway is part...

NASA has announced partners that will help establish the foundational elements for what is known as the Lunar Gateway.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. File photo of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in April 2019. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now NASA announced Tuesday it has awarded SpaceX a $331 million contract to launch the first two pieces of the Gateway lunar outpost in 2024 using a modified version of the Falcon Heavy rocket to hurl the massive core of the deep space station toward the moon.

NASA has awarded SpaceX a $338 million contract to deliver a key part of the Artemis moon program, two pieces of an orbiting space outpost providing a gateway to the moon for astronauts.

SpaceX bags NASA contract to launch first few components of lunar gateway on Falcon Heavy The deal has set NASA back by thrice the cost of the 2022 Falcon Heavy launch of a probe to study the asteroid Psyche. Feb 10, 2021 13:16:46 IST NASA announced Tuesday that SpaceX has been awarded an important contract to launch the first two pieces of the upcoming Lunar Gateway in 2024. SpaceX plans to use a modified version of its Falcon Heavy rocket to carry the massive core of the space station in the moon's direction. The $331.8 million contract includes the cost of the Falcon Heavy la...