"As noted by SpaceX, the 49 milestones that were completed by its HLS team were "tied to developing the subsystems, infrastructure, and operations" needed to safely land humans back into the lunar surface. SpaceX noted that it has only received funding on contractual milestones that have been successfully completed, the vast majority of which have been achieved on time or ahead of schedule."
"Lunar environmental control and life support and thermal control system demonstrations, using a full-scale cabin module inhabited by multiple people to test the capability to inject oxygen and nitrogen into the cabin environment and accurately manage air distribution and sanitation, along with humidity and thermal control. The test series also measured the acoustic environments inside the cabin Docking adapter qualification of the docking system that will link Starship and Orion in space, an androgynous SpaceX docking system capable of serving as the active system or passive system and based on the flight-proven Dragon 2 active docking system Landing leg drop test of a full-scale article at flight energies onto simulated lunar regolith to verify system performance and to study foot-to-regolith interaction"
SpaceX completed 49 major Human Landing System milestones tied to developing subsystems, infrastructure, and operations required for safe crewed lunar landings. Funding flowed only for contractual milestones that were successfully completed, with most milestones achieved on time or ahead of schedule. Completed demonstrations included full-scale cabin environmental control, life support, and thermal control tests with multiple occupants to validate oxygen and nitrogen injection, air distribution, sanitation, humidity management, thermal control, and acoustic environments. Hardware qualification included an androgynous docking adapter for Starship–Orion interface based on Dragon 2, and a full-scale landing leg drop test onto simulated lunar regolith.
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