With Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of colour on the lunar surface and establish long-term exploration at the moon in preparation for human missions ...
The vehicles built for Artemis VI, VII and VIII will see an additional 30% cost reduction.
NASA has awarded KSAT a $162,000 contract and SpaceLink a $190,000 contract to conduct studies related to direct-to-Earth and lunar-space-relay communications.
NASA will arrange for the launch of Lunar Pathfinder through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme and gain access to communications services from the spacecraft.
NASA aims to send US astronauts to the moon by 2024 but the SLS programme is three years behind schedule and nearly $3bn over budget.
