[HIGHLIGHTS] NASA chooses Blue Origin to build a second lunar lander

The contract is worth $3.4 billion, but Blue Origin says it will contribute "well beyond" that amount. The Artemis program is the U.S.

program to return to the Moon. In 2021, NASA chose SpaceX to build the Artemis 3 lunar lander, which will be the first mission to drop astronauts on the lunar surface since 1972. At the same time, the US space agency has launched a call for tenders to other companies for the continuation of the Artemis program.