SpaceX wins $2.9 Billion NASA contract to build moon lander
SpaceX公司赢得美国宇航局29亿美元的合同,建造月球着陆器
NASA has picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday. The contract is worth $2.9 billion and is part of NASA’s Artemis programme, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as a stepping stone to the first human mission to Mars, DPA news agency reported.
美国国家航空航天局(NASA)上周五表示,已选择埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)旗下的SpaceX公司开发首个商用着陆器,并将搭载下两名美国宇航员前往月球。据DPA新闻社报道,该合同价值29亿美元,是美国宇航局阿尔忒弥斯计划的一部分,该计划旨在到2024年将宇航员送回月球,作为人类首次火星任务的基石。