01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
NASA has awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three private US space companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) as the country prepares to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. The awards are firm...
03 May 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt HLS development after protest by rivals
...to three private US space companies to design and develop a human landing system (HLS) for its Artemis programme. Blue Origin won the majority... SpaceX would be the sole provider for the Human Landing System. The move prompted an outcry from both Blue...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
...” tests of the SLS core stage and contracts have been awarded to there teams to look at the development of a Human Landing System, however, schedules have repeatedly slipped and funding seems an on-going concern. It remains to be seen how Bridenstine...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
...orbit. There, two crew members will transfer to the SpaceX human landing system (HLS) for the final leg of their journey to the ... is intended to evolve to a fully reusable launch and landing system designed for travel to the Moon, Mars, and other ...
01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
...of carrying in order to qualify for the program, but according to Greg Chavers, deputy program manager for the Human Landing System at the Marshall Space Flight Center, the goal remains 100 kilograms; “we’ve clearly communicated to the companies that...
24 August 2020
NASA receives full-sized lunar lander mock-up from Blue Origin
... in possession of a full-scale engineering mockup of a Human Landing System (HLS) – a crew lander vehicle that could one ...and Dynetics, were also chosen to design and develop Human Landing Systems for the NASA's Artemis program; the total combined ...
