NASA Sets Three-Way Race For 2024 Moon Landing

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A team headed by Blue Origin is developing a three-part lunar lander that draws from the Orion and Cygnus programs.
Credit: Blue Origin
Hedging its bets in hopes of meeting the Trump administration’s goal of landing astronauts on the Moon in 2024, NASA will spend nearly $1 billion over the next 10 months helping teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX parlay their commercially developed technologies into transportation systems...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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