NASA has selected three companies to develop Human Landing Systems (HLS) to support future crewed moon landings. Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX will develop their designs over a ten month ...
That’s because SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) will have to refuel in low Earth orbit before it can carry a crew ...
Because HLS will be carrying heavy equipment destined for the moon, it will use up a lot of fuel escaping Earth's gravity. It will need to be refueled on its journey to the moon, so SpaceX is ...
in order to eventually develop a reusable descent element of the HLS, or enable more payload to return in the ascent element. SpaceX was also awarded a partnership with NASA’s Marshall Space ...
The new award is part of a contract SpaceX notched back in 2020 to support NASA’s development of a “Human Landing System (HLS) Integrated Lander.” That initial agreement was supposed to end ...
SpaceX is exploring additional enhancements for the HLS Starship, such as solar arrays and docking systems, to improve its operational performance and flexibility for lunar and beyond-lunar missions.