SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics Selected to Make Human Landers for the Moon

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NASA has selected three U.S. companies to develop human landers that will land astronauts on the Moon:
BlueOrigin
Dynetics
SpaceX.

One of these landers will take the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024.

The total combined value for all awarded contracts is $967 million for the 10-month base period.

SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, is developing the Starship – a fully integrated lander that will use the SpaceX Super Heavy rocket.

Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, is developing the Integrated Lander Vehicle (ILV) – a three-stage lander to be launched on its own New Glenn Rocket System and ULA Vulcan launch system.

Dynetics (a Leidos company) of Huntsville, Alabama, is developing the Dynetics Human Landing System (DHLS) – a single structure providing the ascent and descent capabilities that will launch on the ULA Vulcan launch system.

“With these contract awards, America is moving forward with the final step needed to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024, including the incredible moment when we will see the first woman set foot on the lunar surface,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “This is the first time since the Apollo era that NASA has direct funding for a human landing system, and now we have companies on contract to do the work for the Artemis program.”

SOURCES- NASA
Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com

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