The Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is a NASA initiative that contracts with commercial companies to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface. These companies are responsible for end-to-end services, including payload integration, launch, landing, and operation on the Moon. CLPS aims to enable rapid, frequent, and affordable lunar access, supporting NASA's Artemis program by testing technologies, performing experiments, scouting for lunar resources, and demonstrating capabilities for future human missions. Key partners include Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly Aerospace.
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NASA anticipates that how well companies perform with small robotic landers under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will influence the approach used for crewed landers.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program has awarded contracts to nine companies developing commercial lunar landers that can carry agency payloads.
TeamIndus is part of a team led by OrbitBeyond, and OrbitBeyond received a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award from NASA.
Astrobotic has been selected as a 10-year provider to deliver NASA payloads to the Moon through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Astrobotic was competitively chosen by NASA as one of the providers for the $2,600,000,000 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Selection for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program enables Firefly Aerospace to compete for task orders worth up to $2,600,000,000 over 10 years to deliver payloads to the moon.
NASA awarded Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts to nine companies on 2018-11-29.
The Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will fund the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in fiscal year 2019.
Under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, NASA will buy payload space on commercially developed landers.
Astrobotic has been competitively selected as a delivery provider of NASA payloads to the Moon under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract.
NASA released a solicitation on 2018-10-18 for "Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads" seeking experiments for flight on lander missions procured by the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Selected companies for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) were scheduled to be announced by the end of 2018.
NASA announced the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in December 2017 and invited commercial partners to form teams to bid on the project.
NASA released the final solicitation for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program on 2018-09-06 with proposals due to NASA on 2018-10-09.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will buy payload space on small, commercially developed landers flying as soon as 2019.
Through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, NASA intends to buy rides on landers capable of delivering 10 kg to the lunar surface by the end of 2021.
The Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will purchase payload space on small commercial lunar landers expected to fly as soon as 2019.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will partner with commercial lunar providers to deliver NASA payloads to the lunar surface on at-least-annual cadence.