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NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver cargo to the moon


It’s part of NASA’s Artemis mission.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Both launches will support NASA’s Artemis missions, which aim to bring humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. “Having two lunar lander providers with different approaches for crew and cargo landing capability provides mission flexibility while ensuring a regular cadence of Moon landings for continued discovery and scientific opportunity,” Stephen D. Creech, NASA’s assistant deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars program, said in the announcement.

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