NASA awards contracts for moon base landers, rovers, and drones after Artemis II mission
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Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
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NASA has outlined the first phase of its moon base plans, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies, including Blue Origin, to provide landers, rovers, and drones for lunar surface operations. This comes less than two months after the Artemis II mission's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The contracts focus on delivering moon buggies and other equipment to support a sprawling moon base.
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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.
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