The Block 1 variant produces 8.8 million pounds.The SLS produces impressive thrust, but it varies depending on the configuration: SpaceX claims the Starship needs to refuel in orbit to send payloads to the Moon, at which point it can send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds). The Starship, on the other hand, touts the ability to send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds) to low-Earth orbit and 21 tons to geostationary transfer orbit. Block 2 Cargo: Over 46 tons (101,400 pounds).Block 2 Crew: Over 43 tons (94,700 pounds).Block 1B Cargo: 42 tons (92,500 pounds).Block 1 Cargo: Over 27 tons (59,500 pounds).Block 1 Crew: Over 27 tons (59,500 pounds).Here is how much each variant can send to the Moon: NASA will use the Block 1 crew variant for Artemis 3. The SLS comes in six configurations: Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2, with crew and cargo variants of each. Starship: How much can it send to the Moon? (SpaceX’s Starship HLS won a $2.89 billion NASA contract in April 2021.)Īs these two rockets shoot for the Moon, here’s how they compare. Meanwhile, NASA took a historic step towards launching the SLS with a “wet dress rehearsal” after rolling out its massive rocket on Friday, March 18.ĭespite their different goals, the SLS and Starship serve surprisingly similar purposes - even more surprising when you consider how NASA plans to use the Starship to land the astronauts on the Moon.
However, the Starship has yet to complete an orbital test flight. This mission was originally announced in 2018 with a 2023 launch date.
But first, SpaceX plans to use the Starship to send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and a crew of specially chosen passengers around the Moon. The company is testing the Starship, a fully-reusable rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. To do this, it’s going to use a giant, under-development rocket known as the Space Launch System (SLS). It hopes to do the same in 2025 when Artemis 3 sends the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. NASA made history in 1969 when Apollo 11 sent humans to the Moon in 1969. Meanwhile, Elon Musk and SpaceX are hard at work on their own giant Starship rocket, meant to one day bring humans to Mars. NASA is going back to the moon and it has the rocket to do it - the SLS.
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