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Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path)
NET late 2020s-2030s (HLS path) · Starship · planned
SpaceX Starship lunar architecture: NASA HLS crew lander path plus heavy cargo configurations.
SpaceX Starship lunar cargo / HLS-related heavy delivery architecture.
$4,040,000,000 public package award.
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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 · nasa.govGigabay (Starbase TX production hall)
SpaceX owner of Gigabay, a specialized industrial facility for Starship manufacturing at 1 Rocket Rd., Starbase, TX. · SpaceX · tdlr.texas.govGigabay design firm of record (HDR)
HDR is the design firm of record for SpaceX Gigabay at Starbase, Texas on Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project TABS2025022205. · HDR · tdlr.texas.govGigabay enclosure / VTA / facade access (Lerch Bates)
Lerch Bates states it is providing enclosure, building logistics, facade access, and vertical transportation consulting for SpaceX Gigabays at Starbase, TX and Cape Canaveral, FL. · Lerch Bates · lerchbates.comGigabay foundations (Thompson Construction)
Thompson Construction Group was awarded foundations for SpaceX Gigabay at Starbase, Brownsville, Texas: about 161,000 square feet of shallow foundations plus site work, grading, earthwork, pile installation and chipping, baseplate grouting, cast-in-place anchors, finished floor slab, and base/fill. · Thompson Construction Group · thompsonconstructiongroup.comHawthorne HLS systems engineering & interfaces
SpaceX Hawthorne HQ: HLS systems engineering, NASA interface work, crew/cargo configuration design for Starship HLS. · SpaceX · spacex.comHLS 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 · spacex.comIn-space cryogenic propellant transfer demo (HLS gate)
Ship-to-ship cryogenic propellant transfer is a stated critical technology for Starship HLS. · SpaceX · spacex.comJAXA / Toyota pressurized rover (Lunar Cruiser)
JAXA and Toyota are jointly developing a pressurized crewed lunar rover (Lunar Cruiser). · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · global.toyotaLunar Cruiser control platform & battery measurement (Yokogawa)
Yokogawa Electric signed R&D agreements with Toyota for prototype measurement and control equipment on the JAXA/Toyota pressurized rover (Lunar Cruiser): the control platform and battery measurement components. · Yokogawa Electric · yokogawa.comLunar Cruiser crew system & habitability (JAMSS)
Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS) is on contracted work and joint research with Toyota for the JAXA/Toyota pressurized rover (Lunar Cruiser): conceptual design of the crew system and crew accommodations, plus personnel seconded to Toyota. · JAMSS · jamss.co.jpLunar Cruiser dust-removal device (Konica Minolta)
Konica Minolta and Toyota signed a joint-development contract for a space dust-removal device on the JAXA/Toyota pressurized rover (Lunar Cruiser), applying copier toner-removal methods to lunar regolith on the vehicle body. · Konica Minolta · konicaminolta.comMassey test site (Starbase TX)
Massey test site (Starbase TX) is SpaceX's environmental test campaign on Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path). · SpaceX · nasaspaceflight.comMega Bay 1 and Mega Bay 2 (Starbase TX)
Mega Bay 1 and Mega Bay 2 (Starbase TX) is SpaceX's assembly, integration, and test on Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path). · SpaceX · nasaspaceflight.comMoonbase 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 · x.comRaptor engines for Super Heavy / Starship (HLS path)
In-house Raptor methalox engines power Super Heavy and Starship variants used for the HLS tanker, depot, and lander architecture. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarbase / Starship HLS AIT path
SpaceX Starbase TX (and multi-site) development and AIT path for Starship HLS/cargo architecture under NASA HLS. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarbase Louisiana / Pecan Island spaceport (SpaceX)
SpaceX and Louisiana Economic Development describe Starbase Louisiana at Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish as a high-cadence Starship launch campus. · SpaceX · opportunitylouisiana.govStarbase Texas campus (Starship factory + pads)
SpaceX owner-builder campus at Boca Chica: Starfactory, Mega Bays, Gigabay, orbital pads, Massey test, office and housing. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarbase TX orbital pads 1 and 2
Starship orbital launch and catch pads at Starbase Texas. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarfactory (Starbase TX production)
Starfactory (Starbase TX production) is SpaceX's assembly, integration, and test on Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path). · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)
SpaceX Starship is NASA's contracted human landing system and a heavy cargo lander class. · SpaceX · nasa.govStarship HLS airlock and elevator test in AxEMU suits (NASA / Axiom / SpaceX)
On 30 April 2024 NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson spent a day on Starship HLS development hardware at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. · SpaceX · nasa.govStarship 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 communications, and cabin thermal control. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship HLS docking adapter (Dragon-2-derived)
NASA and SpaceX have tested a full-scale Starship HLS to Orion docking interface for crew transfer in lunar orbit. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship 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 distribution, humidity, thermal). · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship HLS GNC / landing sensors & software
Starship HLS guidance, landing software, and sensors are in SpaceX's NASA milestones for a precise lunar landing. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship HLS Option A award (~$2.89B)
NASA HLS Option A firm-fixed-price award to SpaceX for Starship HLS development + uncrewed demo + first crewed landing class. · SpaceX · nasa.govStarship HLS Option B award (~$1.15B)
NASA Option B contract modification ~$1.15B for upgraded sustainable Starship HLS and second crewed demo path. · SpaceX · nasa.govStarship HLS power generation (solar arrays)
Starship HLS is designed to generate power with solar arrays on the surface and in orbit. · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship 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 · nasa.govStarship tanker + LEO propellant depot architecture
Public HLS architecture: Starship tanker flights refill a propellant depot in Earth orbit so the HLS lander can load cryogenic CH4/LOX before trans-lunar injection. · SpaceX · nasa.govSuper Heavy booster (Earth launch leg of HLS)
Super Heavy launches Starship HLS / tanker / depot variants from Earth. · SpaceX · spacex.comUncrewed Starship HLS lunar landing demonstration
NASA HLS Option A requires an uncrewed Starship HLS landing demonstration before the crewed Artemis landing. · NASA · nasa.govCargo
Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)
SpaceX Starship is NASA's contracted human landing system and a heavy cargo lander class. · NASA · nasa.govJAXA pressurized crew rover (Lunar Cruiser class)
NASA assigned SpaceX’s Starship cargo lander to deliver JAXA’s pressurized rover to the lunar surface no earlier than fiscal year 2032, in support of Artemis VII-class missions. · Toyota · nasa.govRelated flights
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