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NASA picks SpaceX to launch 1st Gateway elements to the moon – Digital Journal

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…

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February 11, 2021

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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.
NASA’s selection of Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is the second contract awarded to SpaceX in the last week. The first was a contract worth $98.8 million to launch NASA’s SPHEREx astrophysics…

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