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Commercial Lunar Payload Services

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Israel Aerospace Industries signed an agreement with Firefly Aerospace to use the Beresheet lander design as the basis for a lander called Genesis that Firefly is offering as part of its NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipNov 21, 2019New details emerge about failed lunar landings

NASA selected five companies to join the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program on 2019-11-18.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralNov 21, 2019CLPS companies worry about increased competition for limited contracts

Finalists for Deal of the Year included SpaceX raising $1,000,000,000+, NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards, OneWeb raising $1,000,000,000+, HawkEye 360’s $70,000,000 Series B, Virgin Galactic’s IPO, Relativity’s $140,000,000 round, the Raytheon-United Technologies merger, and the L3-Harris Corp. merger.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipNov 11, 2019Here are all the Readers’ Choice winners of the 2019 SpaceNews Awards

The Artemis 3 mission will focus largely on geological exploration augmented by instruments carried on the lander and instruments pre-deployed on robotic precursor landers through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesTechnical ProductOct 30, 2019Artemis missions face sample return crunch

ispace is partnered with U.S.-based Draper to offer lunar services to NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: commercial lunar payload servicesTechnical ProductOct 20, 2019Japan to join Artemis program

Nova-C will carry five payloads under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order awarded 2019-05-31.

Mentioned as: commercial lunar payload servicesOrg RelationshipOct 3, 2019Intuitive Machines secures launch contract, wins lawsuit

As a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) participant, Astrobotic won a task order in May 2019 to deliver up to 14 NASA payloads to the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralSep 30, 2019Astrobotic Commends Senate NASA Funding Bill’s Strong Resources for Lunar Science, Exploration

NASA launched the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in 2018 and selected nine companies to participate in competitive bids totaling $2,600,000,000 over the next 10 years to carry scientific instruments to the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Mission Timeline Adjustment for the HAKUTO-R Program

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program selected Astrobotic to deliver up to 14 NASA payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in 2021.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 19, 2019Astrobotic Selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch its First Mission to the Moon

OrbitBeyond terminated its nearly $100,000,000 contract with NASA for a Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order on 2020-07-29.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative FinancialJul 29, 2019Commercial lunar lander company terminates NASA contract

Firefly Aerospace is one of nine companies selected by NASA to participate in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to deliver science payloads to the surface of the Moon.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJul 9, 2019Firefly Aerospace and Israel Aerospace Industries Enter Exclusive Agreement for U.S. Commercialization of Lunar Lander Technology

Firefly Aerospace was one of nine companies that received Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards in November 2018.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralJul 9, 2019Firefly to partner with IAI on lunar lander

TeamIndus has a partnership with BeyondOrbit, an Edison, New Jersey–based company that received $97,000,000 from NASA in May as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2019Indian startup Bellatrix Aerospace raises $3 million

Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2019Astrobotic Awarded $79.5 Million Contract to Deliver 14 NASA Payloads to the Moon

The three companies were selected for these task orders from the nine companies that received Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards in November 2018.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralMay 31, 2019NASA awards contracts to three companies to land payloads on the moon

NASA anticipates that how well companies perform with small robotic landers under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program will influence the approach used for crewed landers.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMay 28, 2019NASA seeks a rapid launch of a lunar lander

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program has awarded contracts to nine companies developing commercial lunar landers that can carry agency payloads.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019Bridenstine outlines two-phase approach for accelerated lunar return

Astrobotic has been selected as a 10-year provider to deliver NASA payloads to the Moon through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralFeb 26, 2019Astrobotic Team Selected by ESA to Study Delivery of Lunar Resources Mission

Astrobotic was competitively chosen by NASA as one of the providers for the $2,600,000,000 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2019Astrobotic Selects Jeffrey Apeldoorn to Lead Future Missions and Technology

Selection for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program enables Firefly Aerospace to compete for task orders worth up to $2,600,000,000 over 10 years to deliver payloads to the moon.

Mentioned as: commercial lunar payload servicesTechnical ProductJan 8, 2019Firefly investor Noosphere Ventures eyes satellite manufacturing sector
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