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Editor’s Note: NASA is updating this webpage to align with the latest Artemis program updates announced in February and National Space Policy initiatives announced in March. Learn more about upcoming missions and the agency’s plans to advance Moon to Mars goals, including America’s return to the lunar surface.

An artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop the Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV. Starship HLS is roughly 50 meters tall, or about the length of an Olympic swimming pool.

Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander.

Human Landing System

The Human Landing System (HLS) is the mode of transportation that will take astronauts to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.

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