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This full-size model shows what the Dynetics Human Landing System will look like.
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Get down to the ground. Reusable. Affordable. Flexible. Focused on the crew. These were some of the selling points established by the space company Dynetics when it introduced a large-scale model of the human landing system it is developing for NASA’s Artemis lunar missions.
The lander features a central cylindrical structure that could be used as a lunar habitat, or it could even be built in the shape of a rover that detaches from the main lander.
Dynetics shared a video of the test item Tuesday that includes a look at the surprisingly spacious interior.
“The focus of the test article is based on the crew interfaces, allowing the team to test the activities of the crew within the module,” Dynetics said in a statement. “The flexible design is easily reconfigurable, allowing the human systems integration team and flight crew to review and provide feedback on early concept designs and run rapid iterations.”
Dynetics is one of several companies vying for the honors of safely getting NASA astronauts to the moon.
In August, we saw a large scale mockup of the Blue Origin lunar lander. SpaceX is the third company working with NASA to develop a human landing system. As NASA pointed out in April, one of them will bring the first woman and the next man to the surface of the moon by 2024.
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Alabama-based Dynetics is not as well known as Blue Origin or SpaceX, but is already working with NASA on the Space Launch System rocket project that is expected to power the Artemis missions.
The 2024 date puts NASA and its partners on an ambitious timeline, but it’s fun to watch the lunar landers of the future take shape before our eyes.
