Egypt joins China-led International Lunar Research Station
Throughout this year, China has been actively working to draw countries into its ILRS project.
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Throughout this year, China has been actively working to draw countries into its ILRS project.
The Boeing-built SLS rocket carried the uncrewed Orion spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, which will serve as the exploration vehicle to carry future crew to space.
The xEVAS contract has a potential value of $3.5bn through 2034 with a 10-year base contract plus two option years.
The award will include both an uncrewed demonstration landing and a crewed landing, much like SpaceXs HLS Option A contract.
Under the terms of its agreement with Rocket Lab, AuroraSat will send the 1.5U CubeSat on an Electron rocket carrying other satellites.
The two companies collaborated to pitch a conceptual Lunar Terrain Vehicle to NASAs Artemis programme.
SpaceX was one of three companies that received initial HLS contracts nearly one year ago for early design work on their lander concepts.
The station, weighing about 40 metric tons, will be automatically assembled piece by piece in a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the moon.
