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12.08.2019

NASA has announced 19 new partnerships with 10 US companies to develop new space technologies. Most of them will be used in the Artemis lunar program. Among them is an agreement with SpaceX to develop technology for in-flight refueling of spacecraft.

SpaceX will work to develop the technology needed to put rocket fuel into orbit and develop the Starship spacecraft that will go to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX said they are excited to help the Artemis program, which sees NASA send humans to the Moon by 2024.

"We believe SpaceX's fleet of state-of-the-art rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon Heavy and starships, is integral to accelerating NASA's lunar and Martian plans."

One of SpaceX's chief engineers, Paul Wooster, who is developing the Starship spacecraft, noted that in-space refueling is one of the most difficult technological challenges the company will have to solve. The company plans to find a solution by 2020 and start implementing it.

In addition, Blue Origin must develop a navigation system for precision moon landings. The company will also create a new power system that can keep the spacecraft running during moonlit nights, the two-week periods when temperatures drop to -173 degrees Celsius on Earth's moon.

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