India will make America’s private moon lander
06, Jun 2019
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- The first US lunar lander in the 21st century will be designed in India.
- NASA says it will spend more than $250 million hiring private companies to transport scientific missions to the moon.
- Three companies—Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Orbit Beyond—have been awarded contracts for missions into 2021.