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Human Landing System

The crewed landers that take Artemis astronauts to the surface.

  • NASA's Human Landing System program buys the landers that carry Artemis crews from lunar orbit to the surface. USAspending lists integrated lander contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin, plus earlier design work by Dynetics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
  • These are the largest lunar awards on the radar; lander primes report subcontracts for propulsion, life support and avionics.
Obligated
$6.5B
to date
Awards
54
26 recipients

Checked 2026-10-13 against:

The 24 largest awards, by period of performance

Bars run from start to current end date; the amount is obligated to date. Click a bar to open the award on USAspending.

20192021202320252027202920312033Orbital Sciences80MSFC19C0029$11MOrbital Sciences LLC · 80MSFC19C0029 2019-05-30 → 2020-09-30 · $11M obligated HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM STUDIES, RISK REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATIONLockheed Martin80MSFC19C0030$6.0MLockheed Martin Corp · 80MSFC19C0030 2019-05-30 → 2020-02-28 · $6.0M obligated NASA HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) DESCENT STUDY ELEMENTSierra Nevada Company80MSFC19C0028$5.3MSierra Nevada Company, LLC · 80MSFC19C0028 2019-05-30 → 2020-02-28 · $5.3M obligated HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM STUDIES, RISK REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATIONDynetics80MSFC19C0017$3.2MDynetics, Inc. · 80MSFC19C0017 2019-05-30 → 2020-07-21 · $3.2M obligated NASA HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) REFUELING ELEMENT - CONTRACTOR SHALL REFINE THE ARCHITECTURE, FUNCTIONAL ALLOCATION OPTIONS AND COMMON INTERFACES REQUIRED TO ENBlue Origin Federation80MSFC19C0024$2.6MBlue Origin Federation, LLC · 80MSFC19C0024 2019-05-30 → 2020-03-21 · $2.6M obligated NASA HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) DESCENT ELEMENT - CONTRACTOR SHALL REFINE THE ARCHITECTURE, FUNCTIONAL ALLOCATION OPTIONS AND COMMON INTERFACES REQUIRED TO ENABLanteris Space80MSFC19C0026$1.9MLanteris Space LLC · 80MSFC19C0026 2019-05-30 → 2020-02-28 · $1.9M obligated NASA HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) REFUELING ELEMENT - CONTRACTOR SHALL REFINE THE ARCHITECTURE, FUNCTIONAL ALLOCATION OPTIONS AND COMMON INTERFACES REQUIRED TO ENThe Boeing Company80MSFC19C0022$13MThe Boeing Company · 80MSFC19C0022 2019-05-31 → 2020-07-31 · $13M obligated NASA HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) DESCENT STUDY ELEMENTThe Aerospace80MSFC19F0222$3.6MThe Aerospace Corporation · 80MSFC19F0222 2019-10-01 → 2027-02-28 · $3.6M obligated HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) PROGRAM OFFICE SUPPORTThe Aerospace80KSC020F0065$1.7MThe Aerospace Corporation · 80KSC020F0065 2020-03-17 → 2022-09-30 · $1.7M obligated HUMAN LANDING SYSTEMS GROUND OPERATIONS (HLS GO)Space Exploration Tec…80MSFC20C0034$3.2BSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. · 80MSFC20C0034 2020-05-13 → 2033-07-29 · $3.2B obligated WORK REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, LAUNCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) INTEGRATED LANDERBlue Origin Federation80MSFC20C0020$480MBlue Origin Federation, LLC · 80MSFC20C0020 2020-05-13 → 2021-08-23 · $480M obligated WORK REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, LAUNCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) INTEGRATED LANDERDynetics80MSFC20C0035$240MDynetics, Inc. · 80MSFC20C0035 2020-05-13 → 2021-08-23 · $240M obligated WORK REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, LAUNCH, DEMONSTRATION AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM INTEGRATED LANDER.California Institute …80NM0020F0056$29MCalifornia Institute of Technology · 80NM0020F0056 2020-06-25 → 2027-09-26 · $29M obligated JPL SUPPORT TO THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) PROGRAM (40-108827)California Institute …80NM0020F0072$23MCalifornia Institute of Technology · 80NM0020F0072 2020-08-10 → 2027-11-15 · $23M obligated JPL SUPPORT TO SPACEX FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM BASE PERIOD (40-109107)California Institute …80NM0020F0073$13MCalifornia Institute of Technology · 80NM0020F0073 2020-08-10 → 2027-05-01 · $13M obligated JPL SUPPORT TO BLUE FED FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM BASE PERIOD (40-109108)Dynetics80MSFC21CA016$57MDynetics, Inc. · 80MSFC21CA016 2021-09-27 → 2023-07-13 · $57M obligated THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION Lockheed Martin80MSFC21CA017$51MLockheed Martin Corp · 80MSFC21CA017 2021-09-27 → 2024-08-08 · $51M obligated THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION Northrop Grumman Syst…80MSFC21CA018$46MNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 80MSFC21CA018 2021-09-27 → 2023-08-11 · $46M obligated THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION Blue Origin Federation80MSFC21CA015$34MBlue Origin Federation, LLC · 80MSFC21CA015 2021-09-27 → 2024-09-15 · $34M obligated THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION Space Exploration Tec…80MSFC21CA019$9.7MSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. · 80MSFC21CA019 2021-09-27 → 2022-12-31 · $9.7M obligated THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION The Aerospace80MSFC22F0060$1.6MThe Aerospace Corporation · 80MSFC22F0060 2022-02-08 → 2027-02-28 · $1.6M obligated THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) MISSION ENGINEERING PROTECTION SUPPORT.Blue Origin Manufactu…80MSFC23CA014$2.2BBlue Origin Manufacturing, LLC · 80MSFC23CA014 2023-05-18 → 2032-04-03 · $2.2B obligated RAPID DDT&E AND DEMONSTRATION OF S SUSTAINABLE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM INTEGRATED LANDER.The Aerospace80KSC023F0092$1.4MThe Aerospace Corporation · 80KSC023F0092 2023-10-01 → 2027-09-30 · $1.4M obligated NASA-WIDE SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION, AND TEST SERVICES SUPPORT FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM GROUND OPERATIONS.HX580GRC024F0040$3.1MHX5 LLC · 80GRC024F0040 2024-05-15 → 2027-03-31 · $3.1M obligated HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM SITE AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT AND GLENN RESEARCH CENTER COMMUNCATION ANALYSIS SUITE SOFTWARE SUPPORTtoday

Who has won it

  1. 1Space Exploration Technologies$3.2B
  2. 2Blue Origin Manufacturing$2.2B
  3. 3Blue Origin Federation$516M
  4. 4Dynetics$300M
  5. 5California Institute of Technology$66M
  6. 6Lockheed Martin$57M
  7. 7Northrop Grumman Systems$46M
  8. 8The Boeing Company$13M
  9. 9Orbital Sciences$11M
  10. 10The Aerospace$10M

Who they subcontract to

Subawards primes reported under their Human Landing System awards.

Other programs

Moon BaseCLPS and CLPS 2.0Lunar Terrain VehicleGatewayArtemis transportISRU and regolithLunar science and tech

Source: USAspending.gov prime award and subaward data (public domain), refreshed daily; last refreshed 2026-10-19 06:18 UTC.

Amounts are obligated to date, not contract ceilings. An award counts as lunar when its published description is about the Moon, and programs are tagged from that text; repeated or impossible subaward reports are shown but not summed. Subawards are only as complete as primes report them.