NASA Human Landing System Program
NASA's Human Landing System Program, managed at Marshall Space Flight Center, develops commercial landers for Artemis crew and cargo transportation. SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing distinct lunar architectures and test hardware for Artemis III's Earth-orbit demonstrations. Both must complete uncrewed demonstrations and NASA certification before crewed lunar landings; specific lunar mission assignments depend on provider readiness.
Identity
- Aliases
- NASA Human Landing System ProgramHuman Landing Systems ProgramHuman Landing SystemHLS ProgramNASA HLS
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- NASA Human Landing System Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- developmentacquisitionoperationsexploration
Details
- Description
- NASA's Human Landing System Program, managed at Marshall Space Flight Center, develops commercial landers for Artemis crew and cargo transportation. SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing distinct lunar architectures and test hardware for Artemis III's Earth-orbit demonstrations. Both must complete uncrewed demonstrations and NASA certification before crewed lunar landings; specific lunar mission assignments depend on provider readiness.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:46:17 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:23:06 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.nasa.gov/reference/human-landing-systems/https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/human-landing-system/human-landing-system-news/https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/artemis-campaign-development-division/human-landing-system-program/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasa-partners-accelerate-lander-development-for-2028-moon-missions/