NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the United States government agency responsible for space exploration, space technology, and aeronautics research. As a space agency, NASA leads both crewed and robotic missions, develops new space technologies, and conducts research in space science. NASA is known for its partnerships with organizations like ESA and its work on programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Artemis Program, and the Space Launch System (SLS). Associated keywords include: space exploration, aeronautics, space technology, and scientific discovery.
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NASA said Artemis 3 will stay in low Earth orbit and dock with prototypes of Blue Moon Mark 2 and SpaceX's Starship.
NASA awarded Blue Origin a $6.1 million CLPS contract for the SCALPSS flight on Endurance without a competition.
Endurance will carry NASA’s third SCALPSS multi-camera payload.
NASA wants a successful landing on Blue Moon Mark 1 before entrusting VIPER to that lander.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket suffered a massive explosion during a test fire on its pad two days after the NASA contract awards.
NASA later used SNAP power sources on several Apollo surface missions.
NASA selected Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 to deliver both rovers on separate missions under a contract worth up to $468.4 million if all options are exercised.
Representatives of NASA, the Atomic Energy Commission, and Sandia positively identified the SNAP-19 generator on September 27, 1968.
NASA renamed Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 lander Moon Base 1 and scheduled it to fly in fall 2026 with a NASA payload under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
NASA has selected the CLV-1 rover developed by Venturi Astrolab to transport astronauts across the Moon from 2028.
NASA’s 2021 Artemis lander selection process chose SpaceX’s Starship as the primary provider over Blue Origin’s simpler launch architecture proposal.
Endurance recently passed space environmental testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Thermovac Chamber A.
NASA selected Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to develop lunar rovers, and each contract is worth about $220 million.
NASA renamed Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander Moon Base 2 and Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Moon Base 3.
NASA set the upper limit on the rover mass at one metric ton for the Blue Moon Mark 1 delivery missions.
Astrolab's rover for NASA is Crewed Lunar Vehicle 1, or CLV-1, based on the FLEX rover concept and scaled down to meet NASA's revised requirements.
NASA’s Thermovac Chamber A simulates the temperature and vacuum conditions Endurance is expected to face during lunar transit and at the lunar south pole.
NASA planned to award Blue Origin a $190 million CLPS contract for delivering VIPER on a second Blue Moon Mark 1 lander if the required milestones were met.
NASA’s Office of Inspector General released a report in March highlighting shortcomings and risks in Blue Origin’s crewed Blue Moon Mark 2 lander program.
NASA previously said Artemis 3 was once planned to be the first crewed landing attempt of the Artemis program.