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NASA program contracting commercial transportation services to the Moon
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to hire companies to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon. Most landing sites
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Lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace
of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. As of August 18, 2025[update] NASA has awarded Firefly task orders for four lunar landing
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2026 lunar landing mission
mission is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2026. Commercial Lunar Payload Services IM-1 IM-2 Peregrine Mission One List of missions to the Moon
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American aerospace company
orders through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. In 2021 Northrop Grumman announced they would team with Lunar Outpost, Intuitive
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2025 lunar landing mission
fully successful soft landing on the Moon. As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, the mission delivered ten scientific and technological
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NASA program for delivery of cargo to the ISS
Demo-1: late 2026 (planned) Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) – development of crew vehicles Commercial Lunar Payload Services Comparison of space station
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American space robotics company
from the Google Lunar X Prize. On November 29, 2018, Astrobotic was declared eligible to bid on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services to deliver science
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Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
into the lunar night, marking it the longest commercial operations on the Moon until now. Part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative
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US research and development organization
named a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contractor by NASA, which makes it eligible to bid on delivering science and technology payloads to the
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NASA-led lunar exploration program
program elements include the Commercial Lunar Payload Services, Exploration Ground Systems, Artemis Base Camp, the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, and spacesuit
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US deep space exploration programs
demonstration missions are planned for launch under the program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). Launched on June 28, 2022, the Cislunar Autonomous
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Telescope
mission was planned to be launched in 2020 as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). On 29 July 2019 OrbitBeyond announced that it would
Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager
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Mirrors for measuring Earth–Moon distance
the Lunokhod program, one by the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and one by the Chandrayaan program. Lunar reflectors have enabled precise measurement
List of retroreflectors on the Moon
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Lunar GNSS navigation experiment
aboard Blue Ghost Mission 1, a lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The mission launched
Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment
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Spacecraft intended to land on the surface of the Moon
Aerospace's lunar lander Blue Ghost Mission 1, carrying NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads as a part of Commercial Lunar Payload Services program
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lunar landers designed and operated by Astrobotic Technology to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon. NASA has awarded three Commercial Lunar
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Blue Origin lunar lander test flight
Artemis program. "Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) JEFO for Task Order CT-3". System for Award Management. U.S. General Services Administration.
Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1
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Lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology
was built by Astrobotic Technology and carried payloads for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Peregrine Mission One launched
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2026 lunar landing mission
Lunar Pathfinder in coordination with the European Space Agency. Its inclusion on the mission was sponsored through the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload
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2025 lunar landing mission
IM-2 was a robotic lunar landing mission operated by Intuitive Machines as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The Nova-C
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partnerships and in 2019 all three were selected for the follow-on Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. NASA has published that it and other space agencies
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responsibility for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, along with the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative developing the VIPER rover and Lunar Trailblazer
Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program
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American privately held space exploration company
2020[update], Moon Express focused on supporting NASA under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract. In August 2010, Robert D. Richards, Naveen
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The Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services (CLMSS), also called Lunar Mission Support Services (LMSS) is a collaboration between Surrey Satellite Technology
Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services
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Proposed robotic lunar lander
proposed as one of the commercial cargo vehicles for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). The lander was proposed to NASA for funding by the
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Businessman (born 1971)
rocket failed to reach Earth orbit, it was awarded a Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program contract from NASA, then led by Mike Griffin.
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American social networking service
the service, featuring content from various partners. Twitter announced a number of new and expanded partnerships for its streaming video services at the
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In situ resources on the Moon
crewed lunar base in the 2030s. The US has been studying the Moon for decades and in 2019 it started to implement the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
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Mountain on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander carried NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads as a part of Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Mons
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Planned semiconductor fabrication plant
Contracts Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Crew Program Commercial Lunar Payload Services Gateway Logistics
Terafab
Lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology
to as Griffin-1) is a lunar lander mission developed by Astrobotic Technology as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The mission
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2024 lunar landing mission
landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched
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Lunar lander developed by Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines, for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Intuitive Machines was one of three service providers awarded task orders
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American Aerospace Company
granted the right to bid on contracts by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) to support the lunar Artemis program. The company was founded in
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Supercomputer / data center cluster developed by xAI / SpaceXAI
Contracts Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Crew Program Commercial Lunar Payload Services Gateway Logistics
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Rille on the Moon
target site of its first lunar landing attempt in October 2021. The company was awarded a $77 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract in May
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Spaceport in Houston, Texas
at the Houston Spaceport include: Lunar exploration activities in support of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program Hypersonic spacecraft development
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American software company
Contracts Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Crew Program Commercial Lunar Payload Services Gateway Logistics
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United Launch Alliance launch vehicle
on January 8, 2024, carrying the Peregrine lunar lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Its second flight, conducted on October
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American aerospace company
services. In November 2018, it was announced that NASA selected Firefly Aerospace as one of nine companies able to bid for Commercial Lunar Payload Services
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Planned radio telescope observatory
lander planned for lunar landing in 2024 named LuSEE-Lite, is to be delivered to the lunar far side by Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). Netherlands–China
Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment
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Planned Blue Origin robotic lunar mission
Mission 2 is a planned robotic lunar landing mission developed by Blue Origin as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The mission
Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2
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secondary payload aboard CNSA's Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft. The Moon has also been visited by a small number of spacecraft not dedicated to lunar study. Of
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Lunar lander family for the Artemis program
with a Commercial Lunar Payload Services study contract to show how a second Mark 1 lander could be used to deploy the VIPER rover on the lunar surface
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List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
"Starship Hired To Fly Two Lunar Rovers". Payload. Retrieved December 11, 2024. Foust, Jeff (November 21, 2024). "Lunar Outpost selects Starship to deliver
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American aerospace, defense, security, and technology company
awarded a Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract by NASA, which makes it eligible to bid on delivering science and technology payloads to the Moon
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1968 photograph of Earth from lunar orbit
Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer
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Lunar exploration company
robotic lander contracts from NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). ORBITBeyond has engaged former Google Lunar XPRIZE competitor TeamIndus (Axiom
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work. In 2021, ESA agreed with NASA to launch MPAc with a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission. Nova-C, the lander on which MPAc will be integrated
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Large language model family by SpaceXAI
August 2025, Grok 2.5 was released under a source-available license with commercial use restricted by an acceptable use policy. On February 17, 2025, xAI
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Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
toward a lunar surface base. Falcon Heavy will launch Astrobotic Technology's Griffin lander as part of the Artemis Program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services
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Natural satellite orbiting Earth
industry for lunar communications, payload delivery, and in situ resource utilization through programs such as NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services, and DARPA
Moon
Defunct American smallsat provider (2011–2014/2022)
for payloads. On 18 November 2019, Tyvak was one of five companies selected to be eligible to bid for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
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Cancelled NASA mission concept
instruments will be flown on several commercial lander missions contracted with NASA's new Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The VIPER rover was developed
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the year, which was subsequently missed by two launches. The company's payload delivery capacity also rose, with more than 1,498 tonnes (3,303,000 lb)
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2024)
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American author, artist, filmmaker
the space agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. As of 2025 the Sanctuary time capsule was assigned to a NASA lunar mission, and is expected
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Planned NASA lunar rover
carried aboard Astrobotic's Griffin lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. However, NASA terminated the VIPER project
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American Aerospace Company
in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program (CLPS) by NASA, which makes it eligible to bid on delivering science and technology payloads to the Moon
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Former NASA program
off-the-shelf Space Shuttle successors Commercial Lunar Payload Services – NASA program contracting commercial transportation services to the Moon "NASA Releases
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
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Historic Apollo Moonport
Vehicle/payload transportation (KAMAG, flatbed trucks, tugs, etc.) from integration facility to pad Launch site Universal propellant servicing system (LOX
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
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American artificial intelligence subsidiary of SpaceX
Contracts Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Crew Program Commercial Lunar Payload Services Gateway Logistics
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American public aerospace developer and manufacturer
Adcole Space. DSS is considered a "main contractor" for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, and can sub-contract projects to other companies
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First propellant transfer between Starships
reach the lunar surface. Starship test flights since about 2024 have had goals that support research and development of a future Artemis lunar landing.
Starship Propellant Transfer Demonstration
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American business executive (born 1963)
the first controlled flyback and recovery of a payload fairing, and the first re-flight of a commercial cargo spacecraft. SpaceX has a multibillion-dollar
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Lunar lander variant of SpaceX Starship
Starship payload to orbit is ~150 tons , so max of 8 to fill 1200 ton tanks of lunar Starship. Without flaps & heat shield, Starship is much lighter. Lunar landing
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Vehicle that travels on the Moon's surface
instruments will be flown on several commercial lander missions contracted with NASA's new Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. VIPER (Volatiles Investigating
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tonnes this year (exclusive of undisclosed payload masses). SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on 30 May 2020
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)
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the Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions, astronauts and a proposed scientific moonbase are envisioned to take place on and around the lunar surface
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Planned observatory on the moon
The International Lunar Observatory (ILO) is a private scientific and commercial lunar mission by the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA
International Lunar Observatory
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Missions to the Moon
and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). NASA plans to start with robotic missions on the lunar surface, as well as the crewed Lunar Gateway
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American aerospace company
for the Lunar CATALYST initiative of the NASA on 30 April 2014. Masten was accepted to make a bid for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program
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Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander carried NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads as a part of Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Mare
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Southernmost point on the Moon
of Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Mons Mouton, was launched on 27 February 2025 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Brokkr-2 and Lunar Trailblazer
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and tested, new scientific instruments and a core drill. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to hire companies to send small robotic
List of uncrewed NASA missions
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Topics referred to by the same term
American lunar exploration program may refer to: Apollo program Artemis program Commercial Lunar Payload Services Constellation program Lunar Orbiter program
American lunar exploration program
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previously announced goal of 100 Falcon launches in the year. The company's payload delivery capacity also rose, with approximately 1,200 tonnes (2,600,000 lb)
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2023)
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Billionaire space rivalry
Scaled Composites Tier One. Allen sought to reduce the cost of launching payloads into orbit. The groundwork for the billionaire space race and private spaceflight
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NASA spacecraft active since 2005
Ramon DePaula; Mark Dapore; Thomas W. Fischer. "The Electra Proximity Link Payload for Mars Relay Telecommunications and Navigation" (PDF). Archived from
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Spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts
patch; designed for a single crewed space mission. Payload patch; designed for a particular payload carried on board a Space Shuttle mission. ISS expedition
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Retrieved 30 June 2025. Foust, Jeff (12 August 2024). "NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026
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Topics referred to by the same term
protein co-enzyme secreted by the pancreas Commercial Lunar Payload Services, a NASA project to send small payloads to the Moon Constituency Labour Party,
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and IMAP to Sun–Earth Lagrange point L1, TESS to a lunar flyby, a Tesla Roadster demonstration payload to a heliocentric orbit extending past the orbit
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
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List of space missions by NASA
operational Lunar IceCube, launched November 2022, operational Lunar Flashlight, launched December 2022, failed Commercial Lunar Payload Services Peregrine
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2026 American company IPO
grow from 10 million to nearly 17 million during 2026 – provided a solid commercial foundation. Being included in a major stock market index can significantly
Initial public offering of SpaceX
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fccprod.servicenowservices.com. Retrieved June 27, 2026. "Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) JEFO for Task Order CT-3". sam.gov. Retrieved March
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American technology company
Imagine models. They also own the trademarks of Twitter, as well as defunct services Vine, Periscope, and X.com. In April 2022, filings submitted to the Securities
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American space and aeronautics agency
on the lunar surface in a program known as the Commercial Lunar Payload Services. As of March 2022, NASA has awarded contracts for robotic lunar probes
NASA
NASA Mars rover deployed in 2004
surface by January 2004. Opportunity's launch was managed by NASA's Launch Services Program. This was the first launch of the Delta II Heavy. The launch period
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Launch of small spacecraft together with larger one
services vary by launch provider. US commercial launcher United Launch Alliance (ULA) offers virtually no access for secondary payloads commercially,
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Fifth version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
ever operated by a commercial provider. Specifications and characteristics are as follows: Bangladesh Satellite-1 was the first payload launched by Falcon
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Historic launch pad operated by NASA and SpaceX
operational Commercial Crew mission Crew-1 was launched on November 15, 2020. SpaceX launched the IM-1 robotic lander for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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American aerospace, space technology company
was selected by NASA to provide services to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service 2 contract. Sierra Space is a spin-off
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European communication satellite for the Moon
Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services (CLMSS). The agreement included collaboration on the Lunar Pathfinder mission. In October 2019, the Lunar Pathfinder
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Private Japanese company
Spaceflight Industries submitted a proposal for a commercial lunar lander to NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program. According to Draper, ispace will
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NASA spacecraft (2006–present)
Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter on the New Horizons Mission". 41st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (1533): 1219. Bibcode:2010LPI....41.1219P
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Planned Russian lunar lander
high-performance communications payload on this mission, but the ProSEED and ProSPA will now fly on a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission in 2025 and the
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Trinidadian aerospace engineer (born 1966)
effectively. She then served as the founding Deputy Manager for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative at NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre in Houston
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Budget allocated to American space agency NASA by the US Congress
entailing reusable Earth-to-orbit shuttles, a permanent space station, lunar bases, and a human mission to Mars. Only a scaled-back space shuttle was
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Inducement prize space competition
Google Lunar X Prize. Ansari X Prize Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) - a NASA partnership program which includes several Google Lunar X Prize
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Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
"Starship Hired To Fly Two Lunar Rovers". Payload. Retrieved December 11, 2024. Foust, Jeff (November 21, 2024). "Lunar Outpost selects Starship to deliver
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