Published 17 days ago

Who Will Win the Moon Race? Elon Musk’s SpaceX vs. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin

NASA has contracted SpaceX and Blue Origin for landing systems to transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface, starting with Artemis III.
The cargo variants are predicted to carry 26,000- 33,000 pounds of payload to the Moon on missions no earlier than Artemis VII.
NASA emphasizes the necessity of being able to land not only astronauts but also significant equipment like pressurized rovers on the Moon for science and exploration missions.

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Bloomberg

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos Is America’s New Moon Race

The billionaires dueling space companies anchor NASA's plan to bring astronauts to the moon for the first time in a half-century.

12 days ago·United States

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NASA

Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions

Early conceptual renderings of cargo variants of human lunar landing systems from NASA’s providers SpaceX, left, and Blue Origin, right. Both industry teams have been given authority to begin design work to provide large cargo landers capable of delivering up to 15 metric tons of cargo, such as a pressurized rover, to the Moon’s surface. SpaceX and Blue Origin Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of e…

24 days ago·Washington, United States

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SpaceX's Special Starship Cargon Lander Capacity Revealed By NASA Ahead Of Fourth Starship Test

Ahead of the fourth test flight of its Starship rocket, SpaceX has started to work with NASA to develop a cargo variant of the Starshiup HLS lunar lander. SpaceX was awarded a multi-billion dollar contract by NASA to land the first crew on the Moon since the Apollo program and develop cargo variants of its landers. The NASA contract option for these landers was exercised last year, and in a recent update, the space agency shared key capacity and…

20 days ago

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Futurism

NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX's Starship Landed on the Moon's Surface

Lunar Delivery NASA is still hoping to carefully lower astronauts to the lunar surface from a SpaceX Starship, marking humanity's triumphant return after over half a century. At least, that's according to the plan as it currently stands. As part of its Artemis 3 mission, NASA is looking to launch a crew of four to the Moon as early as 2026 onboard its Orion capsule and then make its descent to the surface in a Starship. Around five years later, …

17 days ago

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TESLARATI

NASA shares updated render of the Cargo Starship variant

NASA shared updated renders of the SpaceX and Blue Origin cargo landers that will bring rovers and other equipment to the Moon.

18 days ago

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Payload

SpaceX and Blue Origin Cargo Advance Work on Cargo Lunar Landers

NASA released new renderings and details of the SpaceX and Blue Origin lander intended to deliver cargo to the Moon as it progresses toward a preliminary design review.

21 days ago

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