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NASA elige SpaceX para su próximo viaje y aterrizaje en la Luna

Gerente de agencia espacial contratará por $2.900 millones a empresa de Elon Musk

In this image released by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A during preparations for the Crew-2 mission, on April 16, 2021, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - NASA�s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency�s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are scheduled to launch on April 22. (Photo by Aubrey GEMIGNANI / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / Aubrey Gemignani" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
In this image released by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A during preparations for the Crew-2 mission, on April 16, 2021, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - NASA�s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency�s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are scheduled to launch on April 22. (Photo by Aubrey GEMIGNANI / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / Aubrey Gemignani" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS AUBREY GEMIGNANI
Este es un cohete Space X Falcon 9 en el Centro Espacial Kennedy, en Florida. Foto AFP (AUBREY GEMIGNANI/AFP)

Washington. La NASA seleccionó a SpaceX para que sus primeros astronautas aterricen en la superficie de la Luna desde 1972, indicó la agencia espacial estadounidense el viernes, lo que significa una enorme victoria para la compañía de Elon Musk.

El contrato, por valor de $2.900 millones, comprende el prototipo de nave espacial Starship que se está probando en las instalaciones de SpaceX en el sur de Texas.

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