NASA selects Bezos's Blue Origin and Musk's SpaceX to Build New Moon Landers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics, the three space firms to build new lunar landing systems that will carry astronauts to the moon by 2024. The announcement by NASA was made on April 30, 2020.
The deadline has been accelerated by the White House to 2024, under the Space agency's moon to mars campaign. The three companies that include SpaceX and Blue Origin will share the amount of $967 million from NASA.
NASA has been gearing up for a long-term presence on the moon that according to the space agency will eventually help humans to reach Mars.