Intensifying the competition between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and defense company Northrop Grumman, US officials will reveal a second company selected to build a spacecraft for lunar mission on Friday. The Artemis Program of NASA will receive a second option for sending astronauts to the moon following the $3 billion contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2021, marking the first manned lunar landing since 1972. The SpaceX system is scheduled to conduct the initial missions later this decade. Memories of disappointment are brought back by Friday’s announcement in Washington for Bezos & Dynetics Inc., which partnered with Northrop Grumman … Continue reading Space Race Heats Up: Second Company to Join Lunar Mission Quest, Challenging SpaceX