Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south […]
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Firefly awarded $177 million NASA contract for mission to the Moon’s south pole
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five, NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The mission will […]
Sierra Space awarded Lunar logistics contract by NASA
Sierra Space has won a significant contract from NASA to study the use of the company’s expandable space station technology on the moon. The purpose of this contract will be […]
Firefly Aerospace adds UAE’s Rashid 2 Rover to Blue Ghost mission to the far side of the moon
Firefly Aerospace has a new agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s Rashid 2 Rover to the far side […]
NASA 2026 budget proposal: The impact on the Prospects for Space Exploration
The White House’s proposed discretionary budget for fiscal year 2026 includes some of the steepest cuts to NASA in recent memory — targeting the backbone of its Moon-bound ambitions under […]
Oracle-M Hot Fire Test is SSC and AFRL milestone in cislunar Space Situational Awareness and national security
The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have reached a critical milestone in advancing cislunar Space Situational Awareness (SSA) with […]
DARPA releases Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation
In collaboration with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, DARPA recently released the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation. The LASSO program aims to develop technologies to support significantly increasing the […]
JAXA selected Spirent’s industry-first Lunar PNT simulation solution to support lunar navigation program
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT) last month was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to provide a pioneering lunar positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) simulation solution. This industry-first technology […]
Firefly Aerospace completes 14 days of surface operations on the Moon
All 10 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) instruments successfully operated on the lunar surface and collected their science data during Blue Ghost Mission 1 Firefly Aerospace has met 100 percent […]
IM-2 lands on the Moon but its status is uncertain
After a successful launch last week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission landed on the Moon on March 6 shortly after 11:30 a.m. EST. The craft […]