Introducing the Dragon XL 🚀🌙 …deployed from a Falcon Heavy… […]

Introducing the Dragon XL 🚀🌙
…deployed from a Falcon Heavy… carrying 5 metric tons to the moon

Artemis — twin sister of Apollo — aiming to land the first woman on the moon, for a permanent lunar base, For All Our Kind (to modernize the Apple TV program). Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President: “Returning to the Moon and supporting future space exploration requires affordable delivery of significant amounts of cargo. Through our partnership with NASA, SpaceX has been delivering scientific research and critical supplies to the International Space Station since 2012, and we are honored to continue the work beyond Earth’s orbit and carry Artemis cargo to Gateway.”

Today’s news: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21197300/spacex-nasa-dragon-xl-cargo-moon-gateway-space-station-artemis

In-depth: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/03/27/nasa-picks-spacex-to-deliver-cargo-to-gateway-station-in-lunar-orbit/