# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCnA9OYuapI
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-20T22:16:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

How will we carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back? 

NASA is working with industry partners to develop these human landing systems (HLS). For #Artemis III, the first crewed return to the lunar surface since the Apollo missions, we are working with SpaceX to develop the Starship HLS. 

Starship HLS will dock with our Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit. Two astronauts will transfer from Orion to Starship and descend to the surface. 

Prior to the Artemis III mission, SpaceX will perform an uncrewed landing demonstration on the Moon. 

Image descriptions:

1. An artist’s concept shows how a crewed Orion spacecraft will dock to SpaceX’s Starship HLS in lunar orbit for Artemis III. Starship HLS will dock directly to Orion so that two astronauts can transfer to the lander to descend to the Moon’s surface, while two others remain in Orion. Beginning with Artemis IV, Gateway will serve as the crew transfer point. The gray cratered surface of the Moon can be seen in the background.

2. This artist’s concept depicts a SpaceX Starship tanker (bottom) transferring propellant to a Starship depot (top) in low Earth orbit. Before astronauts launch to Orion atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, SpaceX will launch a storage depot to Earth orbit. For the Artemis III and IV missions, SpaceX plans to complete propellant loading operations in Earth orbit to send a fully fueled Starship HLS to the Moon. The clouded surface of the blue Earth can be seen in the background. 

3. An artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Starship HLS on the Moon. Starship HLS is roughly 50 meters tall, or about the length of an Olympic swimming pool. The round, blue Earth can be seen in the vast distance against the blackness of space. 

4. An artist’s concept shows two Artemis III astronauts preparing to step off the elevator at the bottom of SpaceX’s Starship HLS to the Moon’s surface. At about 164 feet (50 m), Starship HLS will be about the same height as a 15-story building. The elevator will be used to transport crew and cargo between the lander and the surface. 

Credit: SpaceX 

#HumanLandingSystem #Orion #SpaceX #Starship #Space #Moon #MoonLanding #LunarMission

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humanlandingsystem, space, moonlanding, moon, lunarmission, artemis, starship, spacex, orion

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