The agency decided against Blue Origin and Dynetics when the tender was issued in April and instead commissioned SpaceX to develop the first commercial landing device that is supposed to take astronauts to the moon. The contract, valued at nearly three billion dollars, is part of what is known as the Artemis program. Originally, NASA had planned to commission two companies. In the mission planned for 2024 at the earliest, four astronauts are to be brought into lunar orbit with the spacecraft "Orion", where two of them will transfer to the SpaceX landing vehicle for the final approach to the moon. The aim is therefore to develop a fully reusable take-off and landing system that can be used for flights to destinations such as the moon and Mars.