Lunar Delivery NASA is still hoping to carefully lower astronauts to the lunar surface from a SpaceX Starship, marking humanity's triumphant return after over half a century. At least, that's according to the plan as it currently stands. As part of its Artemis 3 mission, NASA is looking to launch a crew of four to the Moon as early as 2026 onboard its Orion capsule and then make its descent to the surface in a Starship. Around five years later, …

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The billionaires dueling space companies anchor NASA's plan to bring astronauts to the moon for the first time in a half-century.

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Ahead of the fourth test flight of its Starship rocket, SpaceX has started to work with NASA to develop a cargo variant of the Starshiup HLS lunar lander. SpaceX was awarded a multi-billion dollar contract by NASA to land the first crew on the Moon since the Apollo program and develop cargo variants of its landers. The NASA contract option for these landers was exercised last year, and in a recent update, the space agency shared key capacity and…

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SpaceX's Special Starship Cargon Lander Capacity Revealed By NASA Ahead Of Fourth Starship Test

Early conceptual renderings of cargo variants of human lunar landing systems from NASA’s providers SpaceX, left, and Blue Origin, right. Both industry teams have been given authority to begin design work to provide large cargo landers capable of delivering up to 15 metric tons of cargo, such as a pressurized rover, to the Moon’s surface. SpaceX and Blue Origin Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of e…

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NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX's Starship Landed on the Moon's Surface

NASA shared updated renders of the SpaceX and Blue Origin cargo landers that will bring rovers and other equipment to the Moon.

NASA shares updated render of the Cargo Starship variant

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NASA released new renderings and details of the SpaceX and Blue Origin lander intended to deliver cargo to the Moon as it progresses toward a preliminary design review.

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SpaceX and Blue Origin Cargo Advance Work on Cargo Lunar Landers

NASA, in collaboration with its partners, is embarking on an ambitious mission to explore the Moon through the Artemis campaign. As part of this endeavor, SpaceX and Blue Origin, the agency’s human landing system providers, are now developing large cargo landers. These modified versions of the human lunar landers will be capable of delivering up to 15 metric tons of cargo to the Moon’s surface.

NASA wants to source large cargo landers for Artemis missions from industry

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Over the last few weeks NASA has announced a plethora of partnerships and contracts for lunar rovers that astronauts will...

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Starship and Blue Moon get cargo variants to deliver Artemis rovers

Although the plans sound exciting, NASA and its partners SpaceX and Blue Origin still have a lot of work to do to implement the Artemis missions.

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Elon Musk recently disclosed that SpaceX's next-generation Starship rocket is dealing with a 50% performance shortfall. If it is not rectified, this issue could prevent Starship from landing NASA astronauts on the Moon during Artemis 3. SpaceX seeks to offset the underperformance with upgraded variants of Starship and its Raptor engine.

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