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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Apr 16, 2021 · NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next …

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...

Dec 28, 2023 · NASA astronauts tested SpaceX's elevator concept for the Artemis lunar lander that will bring humans back to the surface of the moon as early as 2025. SpaceX was selected to build the...

Starship Human Landing System (HLS) is a part of NASA's Artemis program and is being developed by SpaceX. It will be used to transfer astronauts and cargo from the Lunar Orbital Gateway to the surface of the moon. Unlike any other Starship variants, HLS will feature hot gas thrusters, which will...

Jul 3, 2024 · WASHINGTON — As NASA pushes ahead with a crewed lunar landing on the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates a nearly one-in-three chance the lander will be at...