Government contractTrust: Agency-primaryLast verified 2026-05-28

SpaceX Artemis III HLS contract

$2.89B

as of 2021-04-16^[1]

Sole-source HLS Option A award. Total SpaceX HLS potential $4.5B; ~$2.7B paid against 49 milestones

The cited figure

$2.89Bas of 2021-04-16^[1]Sole-source HLS Option A award. Total SpaceX HLS potential $4.5B; ~$2.7B paid against 49 milestones

[1]
Space.comretrieved 2026-05-28
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-chooses-spacex-and-blue-origin-to-deliver-rover-astronaut-base-to-the-moon
“SpaceX was granted a $2.89 billion contract for the Artemis 3 mission in April 2021 and a separate $1.15 billion contract for an Artemis 4 landing. If all HLS contract objectives are met, SpaceX stands to gain $4.5 billion. About $2.7 billion of that money has already been paid out for hitting 49 milestones tied to the contract.”
— Space.com, retrieved 2026-05-28
[2]
NASAretrieved 2026-05-28
https://www.nasa.gov/reference/human-landing-systems/

Government contractTrust: Agency-primaryLast verified 2026-05-28

$2.89B

as of 2021-04-16^[1]

Sole-source HLS Option A award. Total SpaceX HLS potential $4.5B; ~$2.7B paid against 49 milestones

Tied to program: Artemis Program

$2.89Bas of 2021-04-16^[1]Sole-source HLS Option A award. Total SpaceX HLS potential $4.5B; ~$2.7B paid against 49 milestones

[1]
Space.comretrieved 2026-05-28
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-chooses-spacex-and-blue-origin-to-deliver-rover-astronaut-base-to-the-moon
“SpaceX was granted a $2.89 billion contract for the Artemis 3 mission in April 2021 and a separate $1.15 billion contract for an Artemis 4 landing. If all HLS contract objectives are met, SpaceX stands to gain $4.5 billion. About $2.7 billion of that money has already been paid out for hitting 49 milestones tied to the contract.”
— Space.com, retrieved 2026-05-28
[2]
NASAretrieved 2026-05-28
https://www.nasa.gov/reference/human-landing-systems/