Lander

Starship

SpaceX · NASA

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

SpaceX Starship is NASA's contracted human landing system and a heavy cargo lander class. The public package figure is $2890 million.

Mission brief

On Artemis IV, Human Landing System, HLS Option B. SpaceX Starship V3 docking adapter for the Artemis III dock in low Earth orbit.

Schematic

The jobs on this page are Uncrewed Starship HLS lunar landing demonstration, Starship lunar cargo lander variant, Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture, and Starship HLS Option A award. The cargo record is Starship V3 docking adapter.

Companies

Flights

Artemis IIINET late 2027 · NASA: Artemis III is a 2027 crewed demonstration in low Earth orbit.
Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path)NET late 2020s-2030s (HLS path) · SpaceX Starship lunar architecture: NASA HLS crew lander path plus heavy cargo configurations.
Artemis IVNET early 2028 · NASA: Artemis IV is the first planned crewed south-polar landing, early 2028.

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Cargo

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