SpaceX, Blue Origin To Compete For Billion Dollar Moon Lander Contract
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In an announcement today, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency has announced its three partners for its Human Landing System moon lander program that will make up a crucial part of the agency's Artemis program. The Artemis program is expected to make its first uncrewed launch next year according to unofficial estimates. Following the launch of the first uncrewed Artemis flight, the second flight will include astronauts that will make a Moon flyby before returning to earth.
Following aerospace giant Boeing's fall from grace both due to the coronavirus and due to underperformance with the Space Launch System that forms the backbone of NASA's Artemis program, the agency has moved forward without considering the company in its decision to award contracts for the Human Landing System that is intended to put astronauts on the surface of the moon.