Mar 15, 2021
NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch First Gateway Station Pieces To The Moon
NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch First Gateway Station Pieces To The Moon
NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon. The elements will launch atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, sometime in 2024. The flight, which is the second to be awarded to SpaceX this week (the first was a contract worth $98.8 million to launch NASA’s SPHEREx…
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