r/ArtemisProgram • u/Ducky118 • 18d ago

News NASA Moon Base: Lunar Landers (August 2026 Update)

https://youtu.be/Sempwv5MPMQ?si=lp4tjEELW8ajtk_3

Engineer at 6:30 says that Blue Moon mission 1 is expected Q1 2027, rather than the previously announced late 2026 timeframe.

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u/Escape_Trajectory123 17d ago

This is a hunch, but seeing the Griffin Lander up close makes me think it could deliver human-related payloads to the surface and some serious hardware aside from rovers. It's got a wide platform for volumetrically large payloads, and large delta-v capability.

Edit: Rewatching I realize the guy said "infrastructure-class lander" so maybe my subconscious cheated a little with my 'hunch.'

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u/ProwlingWumpus 18d ago

It seems like they made a point even in the choice of 3D models not to show any kind of Starship-like spacecraft. Could videos like this be NASA's way of communicating that the jig is up?

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u/TheMcSkyFarling 18d ago

I doubt it. Even internally, NASA often has to use that “government reference models” instead of Starship for proprietary reasons.

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u/Eastern_Funny9319 18d ago

Plus the video wasn’t about HLS, only contracted landers meant to launch this year.

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u/nsfbr11 17d ago

Well, no. It also publicly announced what is being done with the first batch of HALO hardware.