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Starship HLS. Starship HLS (Human Landing System) [a] 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 ...
Starship Human Landing System (HLS) is a planned crewed lunar lander variant of the Starship vehicle that would be modified for landing, operation, and takeoff from the lunar surface. HLS features landing legs, a body-mounted solar array , [43] a set of thrusters mounted mid-body to assist with final landing and takeoff, [43] two airlocks , [42 ...
Starship Human Landing System (HLS) is a crewed lunar lander variant of the Starship vehicle that is extensively modified for landing, operation, and takeoff from the lunar surface. It features modified landing legs, a body-mounted solar array, a set of thrusters mounted mid-body to assist with final landing and takeoff, two airlocks, and an ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Odysseus lunar lander lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Feb. 15. (Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)
Intuitive Machines Nova-C. The Intuitive Machines Nova-C, or simply Nova-C, is a class of lunar landers designed by Intuitive Machines (IM) to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon. Intuitive Machines was one of three service providers awarded task orders in 2019 for delivery of NASA science payloads to the Moon. [8]
v. t. e. The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program that is led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was formally established in 2017 via Space Policy Directive 1. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.
Artemis 4 →. Artemis 3 (officially Artemis III) [6] is planned to be the first crewed Moon landing mission of the Artemis program and the first crewed flight of the Starship HLS lander. [7] Artemis 3 is planned to be the second crewed Artemis mission and the first American crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972. [8]
The purpose of the Starship vehicle is to enable large-scale transit of humans and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Spacex's Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever flown, with a payload capacity of 100+ tons. Construction of initial prototypes and tests for Starship started in early 2019 in Florida and Texas.