Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a Nasa contract to land astronauts on the Moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.
JEFF BEZOS’ ROCKET company has won a Nasa contract to land astronauts on the Moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.
Nasa will get astronauts to lunar orbit using its own rockets and capsules, but wants private companies to take over from there. Honored to be on this journey with @NASA to land astronauts on the Moon — this time to stay. Together, we’ll be solving the boil-off problem and making LOX-LH2 a storable propellant combination, pushing forward the state of the art for all deep space missions. #Artemis… pic.twitter.com/Y0zDhnp1qX“We have a lot to do before we successfully land and return astronauts,” said John Couluris, a Blue Origin vice president.
The next Artemis flight will come late next year when one Canadian and three US astronauts fly to the Moon and back, but not land.
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