The paper presents designs of the Metamorphosis transport and cargo system components, and methods of delivering such unified space modules as ‘Kvadrat’ and ‘Termit’, as well as ‘Klever’ lunar landing platform, to the low Earth reference orbit with their subsequent docking and transportation along the Earth—Moon route and soft landing in a specified area on the Moon. It considers a possibility to integrate the transformable modular concept of constructing a lunar base using the ‘Kvadrat’, ‘Termit’, and ‘Klever’ unified space modules into the existing and prospective rocket systems designed to deliver payloads to the Earth and the Moon orbits with subsequent landing on the Moon surface. The paper analyzes capabilities of the domestic launch vehicles, upper stages, and interorbital reusable tugs from the point of view of their systems layout. The study is based on the transformation principle, which is determined by features of the module structures forms. Preliminary mass and size characteristics of the module structures and their assemblies are determined. The paper presents a principle of constructing and methods of assembling the lunar space objects. It assesses comparatively the Metamorphosis transport and cargo system against the modern implemented and prospective space systems for operation on the lunar surface. The structures rigidity and stability in flight and during landing on the surface are taken into account. The control system operation is assessed during the landing stage descent from the lunar reference orbit and during the device horizontal velocity parrying relative to the surface at the landing moment. Possible technologies for manufacture of the ‘Kvadrat’, ‘Termit’, and ‘Klever’ unified space modules are considered. Demonstrators were manufactured in the project development process. They illustrate delivery of the unified space modules from Earth to a low reference orbit, transformation in assembling these modules in the artificial Earth satellite orbit, and delivery of the unified space modules from the artificial Earth satellite orbit to the artificial Moon satellite orbit and its surface. The paper presents a scale model of the lunar base.

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