The SpaceX elevator, also known as the Starship Human Landing System, will be used for NASA’s Artemis III and IV missions to the Moon. It will be used to transport equipment and crew between Starship’s habitable area, located near the top of the lander, and the lunar surface.
NASA astronauts tested the landing system and interacted with a flight-like design of the elevator system, which serves as both a functional demonstration of the hardware and a chance to receive valuable feedback from a crew perspective. This mockup boasts a full-scale basket section with functioning mechanical assemblies and crew interfaces for testing.
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The human landing system is a critical piece of deep space exploration architecture, along with the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, advanced spacesuits and rovers, and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon,” said Lee Mohon, Web Editor at NASA.
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