Private industry is partnering with NASA to develop technologies and vehicles for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. The space agency has now released the final Request for Proposals for human-rated lunar landers. The latest solicitation is a culmination of development partnerships and calls for feedback from commercial offerors on draft solicitations.
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As NASA refocuses – once again – on returning to the Lunar surface, the agency…
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After recently winning the Orion CEV contract, Lockheed Martin is looking to the future, with…
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Blue Ghost successfully starts lunar surface mission while IM-2 lands sideways
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is now seeing more results from the work…
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SpaceX launched its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month after flying the…
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Launch Roundup: Starship, Ariane 6 and telescope missions delayed, lunar lander flies
by Martin SmithSeveral significant missions were scheduled for this week, including the third lunar lander to launch…
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Launch Roundup: New Shepard to simulate lunar gravity, India and Japan launch navigation satellites
by Martin SmithThis week’s schedule has a mix of orbital and suborbital missions launching from seven different…
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NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon
As NASA focuses on returning humans to the Moon with Artemis, commercial providers are gearing…
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9’s 300th Flight and SpaceX to launch lunar lander
by Aaron McCreaOn the week of the sixth anniversary of the first flight of Falcon Heavy, SpaceX…
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The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle, as its career is being wound down in…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander launched from the Second Launch Pad…
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The NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is on the verge of flying its…
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Astrobotic, a Pittsburg-based lunar lander company, has fully assembled the test model for its largest…
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Intuitive Machines (IM) has selected SpaceX to launch their third mission to the Moon. Named…
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Northrop Grumman updates Transfer Element portion of National Team lunar lander
In an interview with NASASpaceflight, Northrop Grumman’s Sally Richardson, Program Director, Human Landing System, provided…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar Surface
by Joseph NavinAstrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration…
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NASA Selects Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX Human Landers for Artemis
NASA has selected three companies to develop Human Landing Systems (HLS) to support future crewed…
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The world’s first privately-funded and operated lunar lander, an entrant in the defunct Google Lunar…
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The Golden Spike company are continuing to push forward with their ambitious plans to reinitiate…