NASA awards contracts for moon base landers, rovers, and drones near lunar south pole
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NASA has outlined the first phase of its moon base plans, awarding contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to four U.S. companies including Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost. The initiative involves developing landers, lunar terrain vehicles (moon buggies), and drones for operations near the moon's south pole. This comes less than two months after the Artemis II mission's record-breaking lunar flyaround.
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· 3 pulledNASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround.
The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon's south pole.
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