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Selection of the Starship lunar lander. In 2021, NASA entered into a firm fixed-price contract with SpaceX valued at US$2.89 billion, spread over a number of years to develop and manufacture the Starship HLS lunar lander, [5] as well as the execution of two operational flights: an uncrewed demonstration mission and a crewed lunar landing. [36] [21]
The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ride on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a 1:11 a.m. EST launch from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
On 16 April 2021, NASA selected only a single lander—Starship HLS—to move on to a full development contract. [19] NASA awarded a US$2.89 billion contract to SpaceX to develop the Starship HLS lander and to provide two operational lunar missions—one uncrewed demonstration mission, and one crewed lunar landing—as early as 2025.
A commercial lunar lander will soon be heading to the moon with a fleet of scientific instruments on board for a $93.3 million NASA mission to study the moon's environment before humans return.
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, developed and tested over several years, launched successfully aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket alongside the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander from Kennedy Space Center. The Blue Ghost lander is designed for a soft landing on the lunar surface and a 60-day operational mission.
For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. ... Firefly lander launches on SpaceX rocket. The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ...
The Integrated Lander Vehicle (ILV) was a human spaceflight lunar lander design concept proposed in 2020/21 for the NASA Human Landing System (HLS) component of the Artemis program. Blue Origin was the lead contractor for the multi-element lunar lander that was to include major components from several large US government space contractors ...
A new year of lunar exploration kicked off early Wednesday, when two robotic landers and a small rover began their journeys to the moon.. A SpaceX rocket lifted off at 1:11 a.m. ET from NASA’s ...