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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Thomas Zurbuchen is a former NASA associate administrator for science and a co-creator of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Firefly's Blue Ghost lander touched down on the Moon on March 2 as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
The Blue Ghost mission has brought ten scientific and technical instruments to the lunar surface under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
Blue Ghost 1 was the third mission under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft attempted its first Moon landing as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
IM-1 was Intuitive Machines’ first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Moon mission.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is flying 10 NASA payloads under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in a company-first mission.
Blue Ghost 1 is carrying ten NASA experiments for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
NASA published a press kit for Firefly Aerospace’s mission as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Mission 3 is scheduled in 2026 to deliver services for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative CP-12.
NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order on 2024-12-18 valued at $179,600,000 for a mission to the Gruithuisen Domes region on the near side of the moon.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded an approximately $179,600,000 NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
NASA anticipated having to cancel at least one Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to keep VIPER’s launch on track for late 2025.
Most of Intuitive Machines’ revenue comes from NASA through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task orders.
IM-2 is carrying Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) payloads for NASA including the PRIME-1 drill experiment designed to probe up to one meter into the lunar surface to extract regolith for spectrometer analysis.
The APEX 1.0 surface mission is designed to fulfill the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services Task Order CP-12 by delivering NASA payloads to the lunar surface for scientific investigations.
NASA awarded a task order valued at $116,900,000 through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Intuitive Machines on 2024-08-29.
NASA selected Astrobotic's Griffin lander for VIPER with an additional cost of $199.5 million as part of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
NASA developed information-parameter guidelines from past discussions and used those guidelines to share information on the first two Commercial Lunar Payload Services lunar lander missions launched earlier in the year.
ispace U.S. is developing the APEX 1.0 lander under a contract with Draper for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission in 2026 designated M3 by ispace.