Will SpaceX Starship land on the moon?
NASA last week announced it selected SpaceX’s Starship to land humans on the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. Under the terms of the award, SpaceX will fly Starship to the lunar surface without a crew at least once before transporting astronauts.
Can Elon Musk reach the Moon?
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said his space company can be ready to go to the moon in the next three years. Musk said in a Saturday Twitter post responding to a question about the timeline that SpaceX’s lunar lander would be ready for its moon mission “probably sooner” than 2024.
Does Elon Musk want to go to the Moon?
NASA aims to return astronauts to the moon’s surface by 2024, a goal that SpaceX is assisting with the Starship rocket Elon Musk’s company is developing.
Can SpaceX’s Starship land on the Moon?
How SpaceX is Changing Starship to be Able to Land on the Moon In May of last year, NASA announced that it had selected 11 aerospace companies to study and produce prototypes for a Human Landing System (HLS). This decision was made as part of Project Artemis and NASA’s commitment to return humans to the Moon by 2024.
What is the lunar lander Starship?
Important for leaning into wind or landing on rocky & pitted surfaces.” If SpaceX secures the HLS contract, as part of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2), the lunar lander Starship will include a spacious cabin capable of housing a full crew of astronauts and two airlocks to accommodate moonwalks.
What has SpaceX done in the last 6 months?
In the last six months alone, SpaceX has deployed the first batch of its Starlink broadband internet satellites to space, conducted two successful untethered tests with the Starship Hopper, and finished work on the first orbital-class Starship test vehicle (the Mk.1).
What is SpaceX’s Starship and super heavy?
However, SpaceX made it known some time ago that the Starship and Super Heavy launch system will be replacing their Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets as the company’s workhouse. Sending cargo and passengers to the Moon will also be a major step towards fulfilling Musk’s ultimate vision, which is establishing a human settlement on Mars.
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