SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch private mission to moon's south pole in 2026
Astrobotic will land hundreds of pounds of payload near the moon's south pole in 2026 after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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