Moon Mission

 (CNN) -Vacant office buildings, factories and restaurants across the country serve as ghostly reminders of an economy shuttered by the Covid-19 pandemic. But the US space industry has remained open for business. SpaceX, for example, continues to build and test early prototypes of its Starship spacecraft, which CEO Elon Musk has long…

Blue Origin and SpaceX both recently received NASA contracts to help build the Moon Spacecraft. The largest of the contracts were awarded to Blue Origin, who received a total of $579 million, while SpaceX received $135 million for its Starship punitive. The NASA contracts will run until February 2021, and…

In the ‘90s, watch brand Omega put together a formidable A-Team: James Bond, Cindy Crawford, and a gaggle of Hollywood actors playing astronauts. The mission was straightforward, if challenging: turn around the storied watch house’s business. “At that time, Omega was a completely different company than it is today,” says…

NASA has given SpaceX and Blue Origin the nod to develop its new lunar landers which will take the first woman and the next man to the surface of the moon.The private spaceflight companies, owned by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, will develop competing systems in parallel, alongside a third…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting versions.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 1 with details from Blue Origin. Artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Starship on the lunar surface. Credit: SpaceXThe next time astronauts land on the moon, they will ride to the lunar surface in a spacecraft that looks a lot different than the Apollo-era landing module last used in…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting versions. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts…

Nasa is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in half a century – with three competing, quite contrasting versions.Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine announced on Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon…

NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-centuryBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterApril 30, 2020, 10:15 PM4 min readCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting versions.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to…