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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.
Intuitive Machines Nova-C is a class of lunar landers designed by Intuitive Machines to deliver small payloads to the Moon. The first Nova-C lander, Odysseus, was launched in February 2024 and marked the first American spacecraft to land on the Moon in over 50 years.
A Human Landing System (HLS) is a spacecraft that will land humans on the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. Learn about the design competition, the selected vendors, and the timeline for the lunar missions.
Artemis III is planned to be the first crewed Moon landing mission of the Artemis program and the first crewed flight of the Starship HLS lander. [6] Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed Artemis mission and the first American crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972. [7]
The Artemis program is a NASA-led initiative to return humans to the Moon and establish a permanent base there. It involves various missions using the Space Launch System, Orion, Starship, and Lunar Gateway, with the first crewed landing planned for 2026.
SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the ambiguously named Starship second-stage. [7] To avoid confusion, "Starship" in this article refers to the second-stage, while the complete launch vehicle will be referred by the particular prototype booster and ship serial number.
The objectives for the crew's five-day stay aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule include:. Reach altitudes higher than any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo lunar program came to an end in ...
SpaceX Starship is a crewed and cargo vehicle under development by SpaceX to transport humans and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars. It is designed to be fully reusable, refuelable, and capable of point-to-point transport on Earth and beyond.