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title: "Report: NASA Human Landing System Program (NASA 2022)"
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# Report: NASA Human Landing System Program (NASA 2022)

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## Synopsis

Here is a summary of the report regarding [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)’s Human Landing System (HLS) program:

- The report was issued by [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) in April 2022 in response to direction from Congress to explain how [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) will ensure safety, redundancy, sustainability, and competition in the HLS program.
- The HLS program is critical for NASA’s goal of returning humans to the lunar surface through the Artemis program. The initial HLS contract was awarded to [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) to develop a lander for the Artemis III mission in 2024.
- NASA has updated its HLS acquisition strategy to support competition and redundancy in development of sustainable landers. This includes awarding a contract to [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) to evolve their initial lander design into a sustainable lander (Option B) as well as competitively procuring a separate Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract for another provider to develop a sustainable lander.
- The SLD contract will require an uncrewed and crewed demonstration landing. In total, NASA plans to have one crewed mission by [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) and one uncrewed and one crewed mission by the SLD provider to demonstrate sustainable capabilities prior to competition for recurring services.
- NASA’s FY2023 budget request includes $1.486 billion for HLS to support both the SpaceX Artemis III lander and the start of the updated acquisition approach. Safety is a top priority, with extensive reviews and uncrewed demonstrations required.
- The overall strategy aims to have multiple providers ready to compete for recurring transportation services to the lunar surface, providing redundancy during development and enabling a sustained NASA presence on the Moon.