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NASA Announces Commercial Lunar Payload Services Selections

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
May 31, 2019
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NASA Announces Commercial Lunar Payload Services Selections

NASA to Announce Selection of Science Commercial Moon Landing Services, Hold Media Teleconference
“NASA will announce the next major step in the Artemis program’s lunar surface exploration plans during a NASA Science Live broadcast at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, May 31. The announcement will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Paving the way to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon, and ultimately Mars, NASA will announce the selection of the first commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). These missions will acquire new science measurements and enable important technology demonstrations, whose data will inform the development of future landers and other exploration systems needed for astronauts to return to the Moon by 2024.”
NASA Selects First Commercial Moon Landing Services for Artemis Program
“- Astrobotic of Pittsburgh has been awarded $79.5 million and has proposed to fly as many as 14 payloads to Lacus Mortis, a large crater on the near side of the Moon, by July 2021.
– Intuitive Machines of Houston has been awarded $77 million. The company has proposed to fly as many as five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a scientifically intriguing dark spot on the Moon, by July 2021.
– Orbit Beyond of Edison, New Jersey, has been awarded $97 million and has proposed to fly as many as four payloads to Mare Imbrium, a lava plain in one of the Moon’s craters, by September 2020.”

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2 responses to “NASA Announces Commercial Lunar Payload Services Selections”

  1. sunman42 says:
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    Assuming the Jon Morse cited in this press release (http://www.parabolicarc.com… is the former HQ Astrophysics Division Director.

  2. Donald Barker says:
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    Like playing with a lunar dart board or roulette game; picking random sites of interest either by what looks cool, interesting, or vaguely of planetary science interest. Too bad such a plan does little to support resource prospecting or proof of availability in support of any future human base localization. So much time and money just to leave some more Earth trash distributed around the moon.