The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has announced another major step in the implementation of its Artemis crewed deep space exploration programme. It has finalised the design contract for crew module for the Gateway “outpost” that will orbit the Moon. Formally known as the habitation and logistics outpost (Halo), it was being designed by the Orbital Science Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of renowned US aerospace group Northrop Grumman. The contract was worth $187-million.
from Engineering News | Home https://ift.tt/2Un5LLg
