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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 (Option A/B) plus heavy cargo configurations.
SpaceX Starship lunar cargo / HLS-related heavy delivery architecture (future).
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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.govHawthorne HLS systems engineering & interfaces
SpaceX Hawthorne HQ: HLS systems engineering, NASA interface work, crew/cargo configuration design for Starship HLS. · SpaceX · spacex.comHLS elevator practice with pressurized EVA suits (Axiom path)
NASA astronauts practiced Starship HLS elevator and airlock work in pressurized EVA suits with Axiom. · SpaceX · nasa.govHLS 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.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/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.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 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 III, Gateway later). · SpaceX · spacex.comStarship 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 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 class)
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 class)
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 (or ship-to-ship transfer) 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 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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