SpaceX has just unveiled a new variant of the HLS Starship, designed specifically for NASA’s Artemis Moon missions. With ...

NASA and SpaceX are teaming up to bring humans back to the Moon—and this time, it's not just about planting flags. It's about building something permanent. In this detailed look at the Artemis Program ...

SpaceX is now back to developing an HLS variant of its Starship rocket and spacecraft. When American astronauts return to the Moon in Artemis III, it will be in a decidedly retro-looking Starship ...

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.

Government Accounting Office (GAO) projects the HLS (Human Landing System – AKA SpaceX Lunar Starship) development takes as many months as NASA major projects do, on average, the Artemis III mission ...

SpaceX’s entire process, known as the Starship Human Landing System (HLS), involves first docking with Orion as it orbits the moon. From there, two Artemis astronauts will transfer from NASA’s ...

Before that, though, SpaceX has work to do. The company must launch a fuel storage depot to Earth orbit, which will give Starship HLS the juice it needs to fly to the moon (the fuel it receives on ...

The mission aims to use SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) to carry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back, rendezvousing with the Orion spacecraft to pick ...

She said SpaceX has been a “fantastic partner” on HLS so far, with close cooperation between the company and the agency. SpaceX has been involved in the Artemis 3 landing site selection ...

In contrast, HLS contracts are “fixed-price” — so SpaceX receives a one-time $2.99 billion payment provided it meets certain milestones. Chojnacki said NASA has taken very different ...

The propellant transfer test and Raptor restart are critical milestones for NASA, which is paying SpaceX billions to build a Starship variant to serve as the Human Landing System, or HLS ...

An artist's concept of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the moon during NASA's Artemis program. | Credit: SpaceX SpaceX and NASA have released new artwork detailing how the ...