ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA will resume working with Space X to develop a modern human lunar lander.
This comes after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied Blue Origin’s bid protest, upholding NASA’s selection of SpaceX to develop the Artemis Lunar Lander.
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The decision was handed on Thursday.
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NASA continues working with multiple American companies in order to foster competition and commercial readiness for crewed missions to the Moon.
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Under the Artemis program, NASA plans to lead the world in landing the first woman and person of color on the Moon’s surface.
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The Artemis mission will also conduct other operations on the Moon, including getting ready for human missions to Mars.
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