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NASA picks SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch two key pieces of the Lunar Gateway – The Verge
SpaceX’s biggest rocket Falcon Heavy will send the first two elements of NASA’s planned lunar space station toward the moon.
The decision prompted some contractual hiccups
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
NASA chose SpaceXs heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the first two elements of the agencys Lunar Gateway, a planned outpost orbiting the moon. The two Gateway pieces, a propulsion module and astronaut living quarters, were originally designed to launch separately, but NASA picked SpaceXs Falcon Heavy as a one-trip solution for $332 million.
Falcon Heavy, SpaceXs strongest operational rocket, will send both Gateways…
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