NASA
Customer for the Starship lunar lander under Artemis.
Role in each timeline
- SpaceX Starship Test Flights: From the First Launch to Orbit
Funds the Starship Human Landing System and has tied its revised Artemis schedule to Starship orbital, refuelling and docking progress.
- SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups
Customer that awarded SpaceX three additional Crew Dragon missions under its commercial-crew program.
NASA across every timeline
Every dated entry that names NASA, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
20264 entries
- NASA awards SpaceX three additional Crew Dragon missions Financial
NASA awarded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. three additional crew-transportation missions to the International Space Station through a contract modification. Reuters reported the contract was valued at $946 million and extended crewed flights through 2030.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - NASA specifies V3 lander test article for Artemis III Announcement
NASA said the 2027 Artemis III Earth-orbit demonstration would use a Starship Version 3 lander test article with a nose docking system. The test would evaluate Orion and Starship interactions during rendezvous and docking operations.
on SpaceX Starship Test Flights: From the First Launch to Orbit - NASA OIG reports at least two-year HLS development delay Report
NASA's Office of Inspector General reported that SpaceX's Artemis III Starship development had been delayed at least two years since the July 2021 contract award. The report identified vehicle-to-vehicle cryogenic-propellant transfer as a major HLS milestone.
on SpaceX Starship Test Flights: From the First Launch to Orbit - NASA reshapes Artemis: a 2027 Earth-orbit mission to test landers with Orion, Moon landing moves to Artemis IV in 2028 Announcement
NASA added a crewed mission in 2027 in which Orion will dock in low Earth orbit with one or both commercial landers, SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon, and test lunar spacesuits, and moved the first landing to Artemis IV in 2028. Administrator Jared Isaacman framed it as raising mission cadence and standardising the vehicle configuration. The change ties Starship's near-term orbital and refuelling tests directly to NASA's schedule.
on SpaceX Starship Test Flights: From the First Launch to Orbit
20211 entry
- NASA picks Starship as the Artemis lunar lander in a $2.89 billion contract Announcement
NASA chose a Starship derivative over bids from Blue Origin and Dynetics to land the next astronauts on the Moon, a firm fixed-price award covering an uncrewed demonstration landing and a crewed landing at the lunar south pole. The design depends on refuelling Starship in Earth orbit with liquid oxygen and methane, and SpaceX agreed to self-fund more than half of development. It is the reason NASA's Moon schedule now rides on the Starship test campaign.
on SpaceX Starship Test Flights: From the First Launch to Orbit