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.
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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

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.
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