NASA and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts are introduced during a graduation ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Jan. 10, 2020. According to NASA, the 13 astronauts, 11 from NASA and two from CSA, are the first candidates to graduate under the Artemis program and will be eligible to participate in spaceflight, including assignments to the International Space Station, the Artemis “lunar missions, and eventually a mission to Mars.
The U.S. space agency (NASA) in recent years to create “Artemis” (Artemis program) to the moon program, to allow humans to return to the moon in 2024, 16 decided and Tesla Executive Director Musk’s space company SpaceX reached $ 2.89 billion contract.
The comprehensive foreign media reports, SpaceX from Amazon CEO Bezos’s space company “Blue Origin”, technology companies Dynetics and other competitors stand out.
This is the first time since the 1960s that NASA has contracted a private manufacturer to build a lunar landing craft, an important step towards speeding up American astronauts to set foot on the moon again and to establish a permanent base on the moon.
We are honored to be a part of the Artemis Project,” Musk tweeted.
NASA’s Human Exploration Initiative chief Kathy Lueders said, “Through this contract, NASA and our partners can complete the first lunar mission of the 21st century” and “It is a critical step in allowing humans to explore the moon forever, with an eye toward space missions in the solar system, including Mars. This is a very critical step in allowing humans to explore the moon forever and look at space missions in the solar system, including Mars.”
NASA announced last year the list of hardware manufacturers participating in the Artemis Moon program, and a total of three teams were selected to develop the lunar landing craft that will carry two astronauts to a safe landing in 2024. Since 1972 NASA Apollo (Apollo) program bundle, so far no human landing on the moon.
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