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NASA's Artemis II mission marked a significant milestone, and now the focus is on developing a lunar lander. An Israel-based company, Moonshot Space, is partnering with Alaska Aerospace Corporation to develop an electromagnetic launcher for cargo delivery into space.
NASA's Artemis II mission, the first human flight to the Moon since 1972, has passed, and attention is now on completing a lander to get astronauts to the Moon's surface. SpaceX and Blue Origin, NASA's lunar lander contractors, are making progress. Meanwhile, Israel-based Moonshot Space has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alaska Aerospace Corporation to site its first electromagnetic accelerator in Fairbanks, Alaska. Moonshot is developing a high-power electromagnetic launcher to propel payloads into space at hypersonic speed using electricity. The company emerged from stealth mode in December with $12 million in fundraising. Moonshot's approach involves shooting raw materials into orbit for in-space manufacturing, avoiding damage to normal satellites.
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