 |  Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins $2.9B contract to build lunar lander
 18 April 2021
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $2.9 billion contract to develop the company’s Starship
rocket as a lunar lander to carry astronauts on Artemis moon missions, NASA
announced. In selecting only SpaceX for the lunar programme, NASA ended
consideration of Musk’s rival, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin space
company, and a third proposal by Dynetics.
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