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Is SpaceX part of Artemis?
In April of this year, NASA announced that SpaceX alone had won the contract to build the agency’s next moon lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon’s surface by 2024 and create a sustainable human presence on our nearby satellite.
Did SpaceX lose NASA contract?
SpaceX is cleared to perform a nearly $3 billion NASA contract to develop technology to land people on the moon after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed Blue Origin Federation LLC’s protest Thursday. “NASA will resume work with SpaceX” under the contract “as soon as possible,” the agency said in a news release.
Did Jeff Bezos win the lawsuit against NASA?
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has lost a lawsuit against NASA it filed over the agency’s decision to award a $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX to build a lunar lander to transport astronauts to the Moon, according to a federal court ruling Thursday.
How is the Artemis program doing?
The Artemis program is a United States-led international human spaceflight program. Its primary goal is to return humans to the Moon, specifically the lunar south pole, by 2025….Artemis program.
| Organization | NASA and partners |
| Purpose | Crewed lunar exploration |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Program history | |
|---|---|
| Cost | US$35 billion (2020–2024) |
Will Starship be used for Artemis?
In the third phase of its HLS procurement process NASA awarded SpaceX a contract in April 2021 to develop, produce, and demonstrate Starship HLS. A crewed flight will occur as part of the Artemis 3 mission in 2024 after an earlier uncrewed test flight successfully lands on the Moon and returns to NRHO.
When was the last time us went to the moon?
December 1972
The last manned mission to the Moon was Apollo 17, taking place between 7 and 19 December 1972. It was a 12-day mission and broke many records, the longest space walk, the longest lunar landing and the largest lunar samples brought back to Earth.
What is NASA’s Artemis program and why is it important?
The award is a significant step forward for NASA’s Artemis program that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024 and build a sustainable human lunar presence. At the Moon, NASA and its partners will gain the experience necessary to mount a historic human mission to Mars.
What is the gateway logistics services contract with SpaceX?
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, as the first U.S. commercial provider under the Gateway Logistics Services contract to deliver cargo, experiments and other supplies to the agency’s Gateway in lunar orbit.
Does SpaceX deliver to the International Space Station?
“Through our partnership with NASA, SpaceX has been delivering scientific research and critical supplies to the International Space Station since 2012, and we are honored to continue the work beyond Earth’s orbit and carry Artemis cargo to Gateway.”
Which companies have won NASA’s human landing system contracts?
The awardees for NASA’s Human Landing System contracts are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, Dynetics (a Leidos company) of Huntsville, Alabama, and SpaceX of Hawthorne, California.