SpaceX The Moon

RETURNING HUMANS TO LUNAR MISSIONS

ONLY 24 HUMANS HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON IN HISTORY. NO ONE HAS BEEN BACK SINCE 1972.

The Moon is one of Earth’s closest habitable neighbors and provides an opportunity to gain valuable experience for missions to Mars and beyond. DIAMETER 3,475 km / 2,159 mi DAY LENGTH 29.5 Earth days GRAVITY 16.6% of Earth AVG DISTANCE FROM EARTH 384,400 km / 238,855 mi AGE 4.51 billion years

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry in excess of 100 metric tonnes to Earth orbit. LEARN MORE ABOUT STARSHIP

The infographic below outlines a typical approach to a mission around the Moon. Lunar missions such as the one depicted here would typically last 6-7 days. 01. LAUNCH 02. BOOSTER 03. TRANS LUNAR 04. LUNAR FLYBY 05. PERILUNE 06. END LUNAR FLYBY 07. ENTRY INTERFACE 08. LANDING SEPARATION INJECTION

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01/05/20 NASA selected SpaceX to develop a lunar optimized Starship to transport crew between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program. LEARN MORE