List of crewed lunar landers
This is a list of designs for crewed lunar landers, that is to say a spacecraft intended to land on the Moon, and for inclusiveness the designs meant to ascend are included also. A key aspect is achieving a soft landing, and for an ascent stage to successfully escape the Moon's surface gravity.[1] Another aspect is how many stages the design has to achieve its objective, and the amount of passengers and payload it can haul.[1]
| Name | Manufacturer | Operator (operational timeline) | Crew Amount | Cargo Mass | Status | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | Northrop Grumman | NASA | 4 | Canceled | .jpg) | |
| Apollo Lunar Module | Grumman | NASA (1969–1972) | 2 | Retired |  | |
| Boeing Lunar Lander | Boeing | Boeing, NASA | Rejected | |||
| Integrated Lander Vehicle | Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Draper Laboratory | NASA | Planned |  | ||
| LK | RSC Energia | Soviet Union | 1 | Canceled |  | |
| Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander | Lockheed Martin | Lockheed Martin, NASA | 4 | Proposed | ||
| Starship | SpaceX | SpaceX | Planned |  | ||
| Starship HLS | SpaceX | NASA, SpaceX | Planned |  |
See also
- Human spaceflight – Space travel by humans
- Lunar module – Lunar lander designed for human spaceflight
References
- "NASA studying three-stage approach to human-class lunar landers". SpaceNews.com. 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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