One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.

Firefly Aerospace says it plans to offer a commercial lunar imaging service for use by governments and companies.

Steve Altemus, president and CEO of Intuitive Machines, suggested that Commercial Lunar Payload Services 2.0. would start delivering “infrastructure” to the lunar surface.

The Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative overview focuses on contracts with the following companies: Astrobotic Technology: A developer of advanced navigation, operation, ...

Besides being the first commercial landing in history, Intuitive Machines' mission to the moon, dubbed IM-1, is the second mission in NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Through this ...

The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Firefly Aerospace is the first commercial company to achieve all of its milestones for a CLPS mission, including ...

Diagram conveying the setup for MoonLITE on the lunar surface, beginning with a lander being delivered by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (1), which unrolls a fiber umbilical over 100 ...

Other Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions are scheduled for the next few years. Resilience, the Japanese lander that caught a ride on the Blue Ghost launch, is due to land on the moon no ...

The Astrobotic mission, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2025. (Photo: Business Wire) ...

The Houston-based company flying its second mission under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program made history in 2024 becoming the first commercial company to manage a soft landing on ...

Following a successful launch of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, the team from Colorado-based Lunar Outpost was back to work.

A Commercial Lunar Payload Services 2.0 would continue and expand the program that has NASA helping to finance commercial moon landings. Steve Altemus, president and CEO of Intuitive Machines, ...