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Commercial Lunar Payload Services

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www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services/
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NASA awarded Masten Space Systems a $75,900,000 contract in April 2020 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to transport scientific research payloads to the lunar South Pole.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2021Masten Space Systems partners with AdaCore to land on the Moon’s South Pole

VIPER is scheduled to arrive at the Moon in late 2023 delivered by Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander on a mission arranged through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralSep 21, 2021NASA picks landing site for VIPER lunar rover

SpaceX won a Falcon Heavy contract from Astrobotic in April to launch the Griffin lunar lander carrying NASA’s VIPER rover as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 11, 2021SpaceX wins contract to launch weather satellite after ULA withdraws

NASA selected Lockheed Martin to provide payload delivery services to the Moon under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2021Aerospace Cornwall To Deliver The UK’s First MILO Ambassador Program

NASA has launches planned to the near side of the Moon in late 2023 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2021Aerospace Cornwall To Deliver The UK’s First MILO Ambassador Program

ispace is part of a Draper-led team selected by NASA to compete in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021ispace Plans to Collaborate on Lunar Resources Extraction Rover with Haptic Robotic Arm and Mixed Reality (XR) Functions

ispace is part of a Draper-led team selected by NASA to compete in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2021ispace Raises $46 Million in Series C Funding with New Funds Going Toward Mission 2 & 3

The Commercial Lunar Payload Services program was unveiled by NASA in 2018 to buy payload space on commercially developed robotic lunar landers.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJul 5, 2021Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning

Masten Space Systems won a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order for Masten Mission 1 in April 2020 valued at $75,900,000.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJun 23, 2021Masten delays first lunar lander mission

SpaceX is launching five of the six Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions awarded by NASA to date.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2021Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander

Firefly was awarded a $93,300,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver 10 science payloads to the surface of the Moon in 2023 using the Blue Ghost lunar lander.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021Firefly Completes Oversubscribed $75M Series A and $100M Secondary Transaction

Firefly Aerospace was awarded a $93,300,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver 10 science payloads to the surface of the Moon in 2023 using its Blue Ghost lunar lander.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021Firefly Aerospace Now Valued @ $1B+ After Close Of Series A Financing

Firefly Aerospace is developing a lunar lander called Blue Ghost and won a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services award in February for Blue Ghost’s first mission to deliver payloads to the moon in 2023.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021Firefly Aerospace raises $75 million Series A round

Intuitive Machines received a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award in May 2019 valued at $77,000,000 for a mission originally scheduled for July 2021.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

NASA awarded Astrobotic a task order in 2020 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver VIPER to the south pole of the Moon.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipApr 20, 2021Astrobotic Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket for Griffin-VIPER Moon Mission

Astrobotic was awarded a task order in 2020 from NASA to deliver VIPER to the south pole of the Moon as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipApr 13, 2021Astrobotic Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket for Griffin-VIPER Moon Mission

Under Jim Bridenstine’s leadership, NASA established the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program to partner with private enterprise in landing rovers on the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2021Jim Bridenstine, Former NASA Administrator and Former Member of Congress, Joins Viasat’s Board of Directors

Firefly Aerospace won a $93,300,000 contract from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program on 2021-02-04 for the 2023 launch of the Blue Ghost lander carrying NASA payloads.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will deliver the ten NASA-sponsored payloads to the lunar surface in 2023 in fulfillment of Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order 19D managed by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralFeb 4, 2021NASA Designates $93.3M To Firefly To Deliver Demo Lunar Payloads

NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to deliver a set of 10 research payloads to the moon in 2023 under Commercial Lunar Payload Services Task Order 19D.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2021Firefly wins NASA CLPS lunar lander contract
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