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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The APEX 1.0 lunar lander is designed to support the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services Task Order CP-12 by delivering NASA payloads to the lunar surface for scientific investigations.
ispace-U.S. will contribute to the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver payloads for scientific investigations to the far side of the Moon in 2026.
Steve Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines, stated that the company estimated it would earn 95% of the payments eligible under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order from NASA.
The Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will land in the Schrödinger Basin near the Moon’s South Pole and is expected to launch in 2026.
Rhea Space Activity’s JAM modules will be flown in conjunction with ispace-U.S.’s contribution to the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver Artemis science investigations to the far side of the Moon in 2026.
The Draper-led lunar lander mission will carry the APEX 1.0 lander that ispace U.S. will design and operate to the far side of the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Intuitive Machines successfully landed its lunar lander, Odysseus, on the Moon on February 22, 2023, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program provided Intuitive Machines with a $118,000,000 task order for the IM-1 mission.
NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative successfully delivered new science instruments and technology demonstrations to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Intuitive Machines had a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) award valued at $118 million for the IM-1 mission.
The IM-1 mission carried six NASA payloads through the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under a task order awarded in 2019 and valued, after revisions, at $118,000,000.
The IM-1 mission is carrying six NASA payloads under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program via a $118,000,000 task order.
IM-1 is carrying six NASA payloads as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under a $118,000,000 task order.
NASA is the primary customer for IM-1 and is flying six payloads through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under an award valued at about $118,000,000.
NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will use uncrewed landers to conduct these experiments.
Odysseus is carrying six NASA payloads under a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award valued at $118,000,000.
Astrobotic reserved 10% of the $108 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) award for meeting mission criteria.
NASA selected Blue Origin and SpaceX, along with three other companies, in the second round of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program in November 2019.
Fleet Space Technologies plans to deliver lunar seismic technology to the Moon in 2026 onboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
Astrobotic powered on 10 payloads on the Peregrine spacecraft on 2024-01-11, including four payloads provided by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.