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Commercial Lunar Payload Services

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LunaGrid plans to provide power to NASA’s Artemis program, decadal-class science missions, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions, international space agency missions, and commercial businesses.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesTechnical ProductSep 21, 2022Astrobotic Announces LunaGrid, a Commercial Power Service for the Poles of the Moon

NASA unveiled the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program in 2018 to fly science and technology demonstration payloads on commercial lunar landers.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralSep 21, 2022Lander companies prepare to shoot for the moon

Swedish Space Corporation has been selected to provide advanced ground station support by four of the five Commercial Lunar Payload Services primes that have won missions to the Moon.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 20, 2022Swedish Space Corporation to develop an advanced ground network for Lunar missions

Astrobotic plans to provide LunaGrid power service to NASA’s Artemis program, decadal-class science missions, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions, international space agency missions, and commercial businesses.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 19, 2022Announcing LunaGrid, a Commercial Power Service for the Moon

Intuitive Machines’ first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission, IM-1, is scheduled to launch in early 2023.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2022Intuitive Machines to go public in SPAC merger

At the auction, Intuitive Machines offered $2,725,000 for a SpaceX launch credit that is valued at $14,000,000 and limited to companies holding NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contracts.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 11, 2022Court approves sale of Masten assets to Astrobotic

Team Draper was awarded $73,000,000 to deliver payloads including two communication relay satellites to lunar orbit and a suite of scientific experiments to the lunar surface under NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order CP-12.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJul 25, 2022ispace Lunar Lander Selected to Deliver NASA CLPS Payloads to the Far Side of the Moon

Draper received a $73,000,000 contract from NASA to deliver Artemis science investigations to the Moon in 2025 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJul 21, 2022NASA selects Draper to fly research to the far side of the Moon

The joint Relativity-Impulse lander is intended to carry payloads for government and commercial customers and to provide services similar to those offered by companies developing lunar landers under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJul 20, 2022Impulse and Relativity announce proposal for joint Mars landing mission

Griffin will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) under the Artemis program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2022Astrobotic’s Griffin Lander and NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover Complete Complex Test Drives

Firefly Aerospace is developing the Blue Ghost lunar lander to fly a mission for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program in 2024.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2022Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO

A second Lunar Outpost MAPP rover will launch on another Intuitive Machines lander in 2024 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2022Startups raise millions for lunar rovers and asteroid mining

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will deliver the first radio astronomy instrument to the Moon later 2022.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralApr 16, 2022Far side: the moon’s use as a new astronomical site

NASA’s seven Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards announced to date cover missions scheduled for launch through 2024.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipApr 13, 2022ESA ends cooperation with Russia on lunar missions

NASA awarded Astrobotic Technology a $199,500,000 task order under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the lunar south pole on the Griffin lander.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2022Agile supplies thrusters for Astrobotic, ispace and Masten lunar landers

Griffin will deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services under the Artemis program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipFeb 17, 2022Griffin Lunar Test Model Complete

The Series 2 lander is being designed and built in the United States to compete for contracts under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralJan 21, 2022Plus Ultra’s lunar comsats to hitch rides on ispace moon landers

Firefly Aerospace won a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services award for a lunar lander mission scheduled for 2023.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralDec 30, 2021Firefly halts launch preparations after federal government seeks divestment of foreign ownership

NASA selected Intuitive Machines and its Nova-C lander for the 2024 mission, the seventh mission in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralNov 18, 2021NASA selects Intuitive Machines for CLPS lunar landing mission

Firefly completed the critical design review for the Blue Ghost lunar lander that will fly in 2023 on a mission for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative PlanNov 3, 2021Firefly Aerospace hires former Air Force officer to lead space transportation sales
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