NASA wants to land humans on the moon in just five years — and the agency has chosen its first company to help the Artemis program build a lunar outpost for those astronauts: Maxar.

Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that decision today (May 23) during a speech that outlined how NASA plans to land humans on the moon by 2024. "The goal here is speed," he said during his speech. "2024 is right around the corner."

Maxar will build the power and propulsion element of the Gateway, the lunar orbital station NASA is designing as a staging facility for future human exploration of the moon. The Colorado-based company's current experience with space technology includes a fleet of Earth-imaging satellites.

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