NASA to use SpaceX to Launch Interstellar Space Studying Mission – Aerospace Journal

A contract worth $109 million has been awarded to SpaceX by NASA. The deal is for SpaceX to carry out the launch of an interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, an NOAA interstellar weather viewpoint, a scout (robot) to map moon water, and two accompanying payloads. The launch will be carried out on a solitary Falcon 9 Rocket and is scheduled for 2024 from Cape Canaveral. With the deal with SpaceX, NASA will see the IMAP mission’s price, which was stipulated at $564 million, jump to approxima…

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