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.
"Commercial Lunar Payload Services"
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Following a call late last year for companies to submit ideas on how NASA can…
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ArtemisCommercialUncrewed
NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review for EM-1
by Philip SlossWith a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch…
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NASA management updated the agency’s human exploration plans for the 2020s to the NASA Advisory…
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As NASA refocuses – once again – on returning to the Lunar surface, the agency…
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As part of its transition to the powerful Block 1B variant of the Space Launch…
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ArtemisCommercial
SLS interest in DoD launch market and Secondary Payloads potential
by Chris BerginThe Space Launch System (SLS) teams are looking into the potential of finding extra roles…
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CommercialUncrewed
Teal predict over 2,200 payloads to be launched over next 20 years
by Chris BerginThe Teal Group – a defense and aerospace consulting firm that provides intelligence to government…
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While Earth and Mars are known for their intense surface quakes, other terrestrial bodies in…
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CommercialNorthrop Grumman
Firefly advances production of Eclipse and Blue Ghost, announces Ocula imaging service
by Aaron McCreaFirefly Aerospace is continuing to make good progress toward the debut of the company’s next-generation…
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Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
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ArtemisCommercialInternationalOther
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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ArtemisBlue OriginCommercialInternationalJapanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions
by John SharpSpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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ArtemisCommercialOtherScienceSpaceX
SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission from Florida
by John SharpA SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a lunar lander for Intuitive Machines (IM) of Houston, Texas.…
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InternationalJapanOtherScience
Japan’s SLIM lands on the Moon upside down, overcomes power issues
by John SharpJapan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalVulcan
Launch Roundup: Vulcan’s maiden flight, SpaceX continues launching Starlink
by John SharpThe week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 10 saw the long-awaited maiden flight of the…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the inaugural flight of its new Vulcan rocket…
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SpaceX has closed out its most successful and record-breaking year yet. Its Falcon program broke…