A SpaceX Starship variant will return humans to the moon in 2025 for the first time since the Apollo era, despite protests from rival Blue Origin.

SpaceX has just unveiled a new variant of the HLS Starship, designed specifically for NASA’s Artemis Moon missions. With major upgrades in landing capability, fuel efficiency, and astronaut ...

A November 2023 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), meanwhile, acknowledged SpaceX’s progress but predicted HLS delays could cause a further slip to 2027.

Starship looks sleek in its HLS configuration. SpaceX and NASA have released new artwork detailing how the company's Starship rocket might ferry Artemis astronauts to the surface of the moon. The ...

As a result, the HLS program is proceeding with development without formal approval of a cost and schedule baseline. The HLS program and SpaceX delayed eight out of 13 key events by between 6 and 13 ...

SpaceX provided a conceptual image of the Starship Human Landing System (HLS) aimed at enabling astronauts to land back on the surface of the Moon for the first time since 1972.

The Starship HLS includes an elevator to lower astronauts and cargo onto the moon. Credit: NASA / SpaceX. Prior to docking with Orion, however, HLS will need to refuel before it continues on its ...

Then in November 2022, NASA awarded SpaceX a modification contract worth $1.15 billion for the company to create a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 for the Artemis mission that ...

NASA plans to add uncrewed missions to both SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing System (HLS) service contracts to deliver a pressurized lunar rover and a lunar habitat to the Moon’s surface.

SpaceX and NASA plan to launch a Starship to the Moon for an unpiloted end-to-end demonstration before committing to use Starship for the crew lunar landing on the Artemis III mission. Not Apollo 2.0 ...