Starship HLS - Wikipedia
Starship HLS (Human Landing System) is a lunar lander variant of the Starship spacecraft that is slated to transfer astronauts from a lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back. It is being designed and built by SpaceX under the Human Landing System contract to NASA as a critical element of NASA's Artemis program to land a crew on the Moon.
NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander …
Nov 20, 2024 · Newly updated artist’s conceptual renders show how Starship HLS will dock with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit, then two Artemis crew members will transfer from Orion to Starship and descend to the surface.
Starship - SpaceX
SpaceX is providing the lunar lander which will return astronauts to the Moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years under NASA's Artemis missions. Building cities on Mars will require affordable delivery of significant quantities of cargo and crew.
NASA, SpaceX Test Starship Lunar Lander Docking System
Feb 28, 2024 · SpaceX and NASA recently performed full-scale qualification testing of the docking system that will connect SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) with Orion and later Gateway in lunar orbit during future crewed Artemis missions.
Human Landing Systems - NASA
Sep 29, 2023 · Artist’s rendering of SpaceX Starship human lander design. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, for its Starship HLS that will put the first Artemis astronauts on the Moon. NASA and SpaceX teams are working together to ensure the company’s design meets all of the mission and safety requirements.
Missions: Moon - SpaceX
Starship will land humans on the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years under NASA’s Artemis missions. Starting with Artemis III, Starship will land crew members at a region near the lunar South Pole to conduct moonwalks and survey the likely area of a future Moon base.
Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 ... - SpaceNews
Nov 17, 2023 · BERLIN — As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship test flight, a NASA official said that the use of that vehicle for Artemis lunar landings will require “in the high teens” of launches, a...
SpaceX’s New Design for Lunar Starship Unveiled
Dec 1, 2023 · New SpaceX renderings reveal that the design of the company's Starship lunar lander has evolved significantly. We analyze the numerous improvements to the vehicle, including stretched fuel tanks, rotating solar arrays, and a new docking port.
NASA and SpaceX Successfully Test Starship’s Lunar Lander …
May 16, 2024 · SpaceX and NASA recently performed full-scale qualification testing of the docking system that will connect SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) with Orion and later Gateway in lunar orbit during future crewed Artemis missions.
NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface.