Cargo

Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)

Heavy lunar cargo capacity (architecture) · Heavy cargo architecture shell · NASA HLS / commercial (TBD)

SpaceX Starship is NASA's contracted human landing system and a heavy cargo lander class.

Flight

Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path)NET late 2020s-2030s (HLS path) · planned · Starship · spacex

Builders

NASANASA HLS / commercial (TBD)

SpaceXNASA HLS / commercial (TBD)

Lockheed MartinNASA HLS / commercial (TBD)

Blue OriginNASA HLS / commercial (TBD)

Jobs

Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)

SpaceX Starship is NASA's contracted human landing system and a heavy cargo lander class. · SpaceX

Starship lunar cargo lander variant (NASA + commercial path)

Public NASA work on large cargo landers includes SpaceX cargo-oriented Starship configurations for Artemis-era logistics. · NASA

Starship tanker + LEO propellant depot architecture

Public HLS architecture: Starship tanker flights refill a propellant depot (or ship-to-ship transfer) in Earth orbit so the HLS lander can load cryogenic. · SpaceX

Starship HLS Option A award (~$2.89B class)

NASA HLS Option A firm-fixed-price award to SpaceX for Starship HLS development + uncrewed demo + first crewed landing class. · SpaceX

Starship HLS Option B award (~$1.15B class)

NASA Option B contract modification ~$1.15B for upgraded sustainable Starship HLS and second crewed demo path. · SpaceX

Raptor engines for Super Heavy / Starship (HLS path)

In-house Raptor methalox engines power Super Heavy and Starship variants used for the HLS tanker/depot/lander architecture. · SpaceX

Uncrewed Starship HLS lunar landing demonstration

NASA HLS Option A requires an uncrewed Starship HLS landing demonstration before crewed Artemis landing. · NASA

Starbase / Starship HLS AIT path

SpaceX Starbase TX (and multi-site) development and AIT path for Starship HLS/cargo architecture under NASA HLS. · SpaceX

HLS surface access (elevator / crew-cargo path)

Public HLS descriptions include surface access hardware (elevator-class path) to move crew and cargo between the tall Starship cabin and the lunar surface. · SpaceX

Starship HLS ECLSS / cabin atmosphere & thermal control

Public SpaceX/NASA HLS milestones include full-scale cabin environmental control and life support / thermal control demonstrations (O2/N2 injection, air. · SpaceX

Starship HLS power generation (solar arrays)

Starship HLS is designed to generate power with solar arrays on the surface and in orbit. · SpaceX

Starship HLS androgynous docking adapter (Dragon-2-derived)

SpaceX builds the Starship HLS docking adapter from the flight-proven Dragon 2 active system, made androgynous so HLS can chase or be chased (Orion on Artemis. · SpaceX

Starship HLS GNC / landing sensors & software

Starship HLS guidance, landing software, and sensors are in SpaceX's NASA milestones for a precise lunar landing. · SpaceX

Starship HLS crew/cabin communications

SpaceX Updates: fabricating a flight-article Starship HLS cabin with functional avionics and power, crew systems and mechanisms, ECLSS, cabin/crew. · SpaceX

Moonbase Alpha (SpaceX / Musk public name for permanent lunar outpost)

Moonbase Alpha is SpaceX's public name for a permanent lunar outpost supplied by Starship. · SpaceX

Dual-provider HLS enable (Blue Moon ↔ Starship path)

NASA is buying two crew landers: Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 2 and SpaceX Starship. · Blue Origin

Sources

nasa.gov

Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)

Flight

Builders

Jobs

Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)

Starship lunar cargo lander variant (NASA + commercial path)

Starship tanker + LEO propellant depot architecture

Starship HLS Option A award (~$2.89B class)

Starship HLS Option B award (~$1.15B class)

Raptor engines for Super Heavy / Starship (HLS path)

Uncrewed Starship HLS lunar landing demonstration

Starbase / Starship HLS AIT path

HLS surface access (elevator / crew-cargo path)

Starship HLS ECLSS / cabin atmosphere & thermal control

Starship HLS power generation (solar arrays)

Starship HLS androgynous docking adapter (Dragon-2-derived)

Starship HLS GNC / landing sensors & software

Starship HLS crew/cabin communications

Moonbase Alpha (SpaceX / Musk public name for permanent lunar outpost)

Dual-provider HLS enable (Blue Moon ↔ Starship path)

Related cargo

JAXA pressurized crew rover (Lunar Cruiser class)

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Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer

Near InfraRed Volatiles Spectrometer System

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