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 Cert-1 mission for Vulcan included Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One lunar lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program awarded Astrobotic $108,000,000 to fly payloads on the Peregrine mission.
NASA remains committed to its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program despite knowing some missions may fail.
Peregrine is slated to be the first private American spacecraft launched as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology experiments to the lunar surface.
ispace U.S. is developing the APEX 1.0 lander for Mission 3 as a member of Team Draper for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Peregrine is slated to be the first private American spacecraft launched under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver experiments to the lunar surface.
Both Astrobotic’s Peregrine and Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 are carrying commercial payloads and payloads provided by NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under awards made in 2019.
Peregrine is carrying 20 commercial and government payloads, including five provided by NASA as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Cert-1 will carry Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, Peregrine Mission One (PM1), as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface.
NASA is planning multiple landers and rovers to search for ice at the lunar south pole as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
During the Artemis 3 mission, NASA astronauts will utilize information from other missions, including Chandrayaan-3 and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, to determine optimal sample collection locations.
The Cert-1 mission includes Peregrine Mission One (PM1), the first Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar service.
Peregrine is carrying 21 payloads from governments, companies, universities, and NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Peregrine is carrying 21 payloads from governments, companies, universities, and NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Peregrine is carrying 21 payloads from governments, companies, universities, and NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
APEX 1.0 is being used for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission led by Draper.
Firefly Aerospace completed development and assembly of the Blue Ghost lander structure and fluid systems for its first lunar mission slated to land on the Moon in 2024 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
The Draper-led NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission known to ispace as Mission 3 and to NASA as CP-12 was originally projected to launch in 2025 and has slipped to 2026 because of the lander redesign.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded an $18,000,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit as part of Blue Ghost Mission 2.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded an $18,000,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract on 2023-09-12 to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit for Blue Ghost Mission 2.