{"id":22245,"date":"2022-03-25T23:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-announces-second-artemis-lander-to-compete-with-spacex\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T23:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:49:25","slug":"nasa-announces-second-artemis-lander-to-compete-with-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-announces-second-artemis-lander-to-compete-with-spacex\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA announces second Artemis lander to compete with SpaceX"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Wednesday March 23, NASA announced plans to contract a second lunar lander for its Artemis Program.  In 2021, SpaceX was chosen to lead NASA\u2019s Human Landing System program (HLS) with a variant of its \u201cStarship\u201d rocket. With this latest announcement from NASA, another company will have the opportunity for the \u201cSustaining Lunar Development contract\u201d and ultimately compete with SpaceX to send Astronauts to the Moon. NASA says that their parallel approach will provide much-needed redundancy to the Artemis program.<\/p>\n

The Wednesday media call was headlined by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who framed the Artemis program as a step towards eventual missions to Mars. \u201cUnder Artemis, NASA will carry out a series of groundbreaking missions on and around the Moon to prepare for the next giant leap for humanity: a crewed mission to Mars.\u201d Administrator Nelson, himself an ex-Senator, made sure to highlight support for Artemis from Congress and President Biden. \u201cCompetition is critical to our success on the lunar surface and beyond, ensuring we have the capability to carry out a cadence of missions over the next decade. Thank you to the Biden Administration and Congress for their support of this new astronaut lander opportunity, which will ultimately strengthen and increase flexibility for Artemis.\u201d <\/p>\n

In 2021, NASA had previously selected SpaceX to complete a lander for Artemis. The lander was slated for an uncrewed demonstration mission by 2025. Assuming positive performance, SpaceX would then provide its lander for the first crewed moon landing on Artemis III. With NASA\u2019s latest update, the company will also gain a second demonstration mission, along with at least one more crewed landing.<\/p>\n

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