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

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 ...

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 ...

Astrobotic is one of several private companies that has been awarded a contract by NASA to develop reliable lunar delivery systems under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

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 ...

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 ...

Peregrine, built by Astrobotic Technology under another Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract, successfully flew into space on Jan. 8, but its mission was cut short because of a fuel leak.

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, ...