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.

A SpaceX spacecraft returning to Earth with four astronauts made its arrival known overnight with a sonic boom.

Two Artemis II astronauts will explore the lunar surface. Credit: NASA / SpaceX If all goes as planned, Artemis III won’t be the last time NASA uses SpaceX’s Starship HLS.

SpaceX has remaining technical work to develop its on-orbit propellant storage and transfer technology. HLS program documentation states that propellant storage and transfer technologies have not ...

NASA and SpaceX released a new set of illustrations showing how Starship might look as it lands astronauts on the moon during the Artemis 3 mission in 2026.

SpaceX provided a conceptual image of the Starship Human Landing System (HLS) aimed at enabling astronauts to land back on the Moon since 1971.

What NASA wants to see from SpaceX’s second Starship test flight A successful Starship test flight would unlock a roadmap to even bigger tests.

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

SpaceX's contribution to Artemis III and IV will be the Starship Human Landing System (HLS). NASA aims to have astronauts transfer from Orion to Starship for the trip to and from the lunar surface.