SpaceX Starship to land NASA Astronauts on the Moon!

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected #SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one of those astronauts will make history as the first woman on the Moon. Another goal of the Artemis program includes landing the first person of color on the lunar surface.

The agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for their multi-day journey to lunar orbit. There, two crew members will transfer to the SpaceX human landing system (HLS) for the final leg of their journey to the surface of the Moon. After approximately a week exploring the surface, they will board the lander for their short trip back to orbit where they will return to Orion and their colleagues before heading back to Earth.

The firm-fixed price, milestone-based contract total award value is $2.89 billion.

#NASA #olhzn2MT

[gersonrodrigues]

It was a choice that followed the natural law of things, more experienced, cheaper and a great resource management. Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

[OLHZN]

TO THE MOON! Do you guys agree with this decision? A few notes... I meant to say Dynetics got $253M and misspoke. I also had to republish this, because I had a small error in the first version of the video.... and if you made it all the way to the bloopers at the end, say Aye! 🤣

[TheRickels]

I think Space X has delivered while other contractors haven’t.

[anitaw]

can't wait to see Starship landing on the moon ... but first steps first .... SN15 this coming week ... than the Super Heavy Booster .... there are very exciting times ahead of us .... thanks for sharing this with us, Mr.C. ;-) ...

[gyulagyorffy]

This was the most unexpected outcome in a good way.

[jonwatkins]

Landing on the Moon in a Starship is so much more appealing then landing in a 1960's tinker toy! Thank You Elon and SpaceX Workers for pulling us out of the 50 years of stagnation after Apollo!

[landgsmith]

With an injection of $2.9 billion into the coffers of SpaceX, perhaps this will speed up the already crazy speed of development of Starship.

[damianstrength]

Love the bloopers, my most favorite things about movies, TV shows and the willingness to release such things to be more "candid camera" esce...

[greensky]

@0:30 if you look closely at the Starship you can notice that the thrusters used to ascend and descend are now positioned in a circular pattern around the circumference rather than the old four-sided thrusters.

[RushimaV]

SpaceX is truly a leader in the space industry

[jonjoe]

SpaceX continually proves that they can deliver on budget and this is increasingly being recognized by NASA and others. What amazing times we live in!

[neosunrider]

:) I love your upbeat attitude about it all. I'm looking forward to seeing this all come together! ^_^ <3

[KOttoTV]

Outtake included? Awesome 👍. I think I like being right, in so far as I said SpaceX would land on the Moon before landing on Mars. Way to go, SpaceX team.

[TJCooney]

Tory’s production value is always 110%

[skyhiker]

NASA chose 2 contractors for the crew capsule and look how that turned out. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[edmondthompson]

I agree with a decision to select a vendor that takes equal risk and has a proven track record of performance.

[DrJumpr]

Remember how everyone hoped it to be Dynetics and the "high risk, high reward" starship option.
Seems like it flipped

[Adi-cnuc]

I think this journey too long, I just want you to never get old ❤️

[mtygerm]

100% the right decision, if you read the documents, it just shows how many holes BO and Dyanetics had in their designs. SpaceX was actually the most mature and well thought out plan.

[ctabilo]

Muchas gracias por los subtítulos en español. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱