Cargo

Starship HLS (sustaining class)

Human landing system (sustaining class) · NASA

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

Flight

Artemis IVNET 2028 · planned · Human Landing System (HLS · sustaining class) · nasa

Builders

NASANASA

SpaceXNASA

Lockheed MartinNASA

Blue OriginNASA

Jobs

Starship HLS / lunar cargo architecture (SpaceX)

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

Starbase / Starship HLS AIT path

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

Uncrewed Starship HLS lunar landing demonstration

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

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

NASA Sustaining Lunar Development · Blue Moon HLS (~$3.4B class)

NASA NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development selection (2023): Blue Origin develops Blue Moon MK2 human landing system as second Artemis HLS. · Blue Origin

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

Blue Moon MK2 crew HLS path (sustaining dual provider)

Blue Moon Mark 2 crew/cargo lander under NASA SLD: second human landing system provider for recurring Artemis surface expeditions. · Blue Origin

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