NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad
This mission, dubbed Artemis I, will carry no crew. Instead, it will test the rocket & spacecraft's capabilities for carrying astronauts to the moon
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander
The SpaceX contract is for an uncrewed flight and a single crewed landing. Subsequent landings will be awarded under a follow-up procurement program
US & seven other nations sign Artemis Accords to cooperate on moon missions
The accords are the “preamble of bilateral agreements between the US & all of the international partners as we go sustainably to the Moon"