SpaceX is no longer talking about the Moon as a brief stopover. The company is sketching out how a fleet of giant rockets, industrial-scale refueling in orbit, and modular habitats could turn the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's concept of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the moon during NASA's ...

SpaceX provided a conceptual image of the Starship Human Landing System (HLS) aimed at enabling astronauts to land back on the surface of the Moon for the first time since 1972. What Happened: The HLS ...

Whichever company can produce a viable crew lander first will win the Artemis 3 contract, NASA’s new chief says.

Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System. The contract with SpaceX could support future NASA Artemis or commercial ...

NASA is planning to buy uncrewed cargo HLS services from SpaceX and Blue Origin. Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NASA plans to add uncrewed missions to both SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human ...

Booster reuse is a nice to have, but it is absolutely not required to perform the HLS mission. On the other hand, the HLS mission absolutely requires that Ships do not constantly vibrate themselves to ...

SpaceX has completed the final major test ahead of a critical flight test of its Mars-bound Starship rocket. The upper stage of the rocket performed a static fire of its six raptor engines while ...

But SpaceX, per the documents, did not alert the FAA to the explosion until 15 minutes after that. U.S. launch operators are ...

NASA has picked SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver a lunar rover and habitat to the moon within the next decade. The space agency last week announced it will assign two lunar cargo demonstration ...