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The Starship Human Landing System program includes the development and operational use of several Starship spacecraft variants by SpaceX, including the Starship HLS ship—optimized to operate on and in the vicinity of the Moon—as well as a Starship depot that will store propellant in Earth orbit, and the Starship tanker designed to fly multiple trips to orbit from Earth's surface to ...
The Starship HLS is a modified configuration of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, optimized to operate on and around the Moon. As a result, the heat shield and flight control surfaces — parts of the main Starship design needed for atmospheric re-entry — are not included in Starship HLS. The entire spacecraft will land on the Moon and will then ...
A similar test occurred during Starship's third test flight, though the transfer during that test was between two tanks on the same vehicle. [2] The ability to refuel a Starship in low orbit is critical for the Artemis program, [3] as Starship HLS requires approximately ten tanker launches to reach the lunar surface. [1]
The Block 2 version of Starship is 52.1 m (171 ft) tall, 9 m (30 ft) wide, [64] and is composed of four general sections: the engine bay, the oxygen tank, the fuel tank, and the payload bay. [8] The retired Block 1 was constructed in a similar manner, though it was only 50.3 m (165 ft) tall.
The second flight test of Starship had a test flight profile similar to the first flight, with the addition of a new hot-staging technique and the introduction of a water deluge system as part of the ground support equipment at the launch pad. During the first stage ascent, all 33 engines fired to full duration.
No information yet about timings, though the SpaceX livestream is showing the same time: 7am local central time. Elon Musk tweets about free speech as public waits for news on Starship launch
We have a new update from SpaceX – and it’s good news! “All systems and weather are go for the second integrated flight test of Starship,” the space company writes on X.
The Starship Human Landing System (Starship HLS) was the winner selected by NASA for potential use for long-duration crewed lunar landings as part of NASA's Artemis program. [ 48 ] [ 200 ] Starship HLS is a variant of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft optimized to operate on and around the Moon.