posted 03-27-2020 01:31 PM               

NASA signs SpaceX Dragon 'XL' to supply lunar orbit Gateway

SpaceX will adapt its Dragon spacecraft to launch supplies to the moon under a new, multi-billion-dollar contract with NASA.

Dubbed "Dragon XL," the new SpaceX cargo capsule will service the Gateway, NASA's planned human-tended waystation in lunar orbit. The Dragon XL will fly at least two, one-year missions to support science experiments aboard the Gateway and astronaut expeditions on the lunar surface.