Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing
Oct 13, 2024 · NASA is counting on Starship to take astronauts to the moon, and Elon Musk, the company’s founder, sees it as a vehicle for his ambitions of humanity’s colonization of Mars.
As Artemis Moves Forward, NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next …
Apr 16, 2021 · NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next …
Elon Musk to the Rescue - The Atlantic
Aug 25, 2024 · Its newest rocket, Starship, is the backbone of NASA’s plan to return American astronauts to the surface of the moon by the end of this decade; how hard Musk pushes his engineers to make it...
NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander ... - NBC News
Apr 16, 2021 · NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as...
NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and
Oct 25, 2024 · NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday called for an investigation into a Wall Street Journal report that SpaceX founder and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have ...
SpaceX Wins NASA $2.9 Billion Contract to Build Moon Lander
Apr 16, 2021 · Elon Musk’s private space company is developing a giant rocket called Starship to one day take people to Mars. But first, it will drop off NASA astronauts at the moon.
NASA is working with SpaceX and Blue Origin to land U.S.
Mar 4, 2024 · That someone is Elon Musk. In 2021, NASA signed a nearly $3 billion contract with his SpaceX to use its new Starship mega-rocket as the lunar lander for the first Artemis astronauts.
SpaceX wins $2.9bn Nasa contract to land Americans on the moon
Apr 16, 2021 · Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to return American astronauts to the surface of the moon, beating rival tech billionaire Jeff Bezos to one of the most prominent prizes in the commercial space race.
NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space …
Jun 27, 2024 · SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk, will build the vehicle that will bring down the space station, but NASA will still oversee the eventual mission. The International Space Station, launched in 1998, is expected to be needed to be brought out of orbit by 2030.
Why Elon Musk's SpaceX is launching astronauts for Nasa - BBC
Nov 14, 2020 · Elon Musk's SpaceX is flying people to and from the International Space Station (ISS), using the Crew Dragon vehicle. But why is Nasa paying a private company to launch its astronauts? To...