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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
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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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