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NASA awards Solstar Space SBIR contract to develop lunar Wi-Fi system

October 9, 2025

Solstar Space (Solstar) was recently awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation, Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) to support […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Artemis, Lunar Gateway, Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP), NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), NASA SBIR, News, Solstar Space

Firefly Aerospace receives $10 million NASA contract addendum for Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar data

September 23, 2025

Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY) has received a $10 million contract addendum under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative for acquisition of additional science and operational data collected beyond the […]

Filed Under: Blue Ghost Lander, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Business Moves, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Contract Amendment, Contract Extension, Contracts, Firefly Aerospace, Lunar, Lunar / Moon Contract, Lunar Infrastructure, Lunar Lander, Lunar Missions, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), News

NASA selects Blue Origin to deliver VIPER Rover to the moon’s South Pole 

September 21, 2025

As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the moon’s […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Lunar / Moon Contract, Moon Mission, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), NASA VIPER Rover, News

Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole

August 6, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Elytra Dark Orbital Vehicle (Firefly), Elytra Orbital Vehicle, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Mission Payloads, Moon, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Payloads, Propulsion Systems, Spacecraft, Thermal

Firefly awarded $177 million NASA contract for mission to the Moon’s south pole

July 30, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Elytra Dark Orbital Vehicle (Firefly), Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Moon, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Firefly Aerospace adds UAE’s Rashid 2 Rover to Blue Ghost mission to the far side of the moon

May 27, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Fleet Space, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Moon, Moon Mission, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), News, Rashid 2 Rover (MBRSC)

Redwire + i-space-U.S. sign MoU to jointly pursue commercial lunar exploration missions

April 8, 2025

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) and ispace technologies U.S. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly pursue commercial lunar exploration and science missions for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services […]

Filed Under: APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander, Business Moves, IDIQ, ispace technologies U.S., Inc., Lunar Exploration, MoU, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Redwire, Redwire Space, Science Missions

Firefly Aerospace is “over the Moon” as the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon

March 2, 2025

Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on the Moon’s surface in an upright, stable configuration on the […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Cislunar, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Firefly Aerospace, Ghost Riders in the Sky Mission (Firefly), Imagery, Lunar, Lunar / Moon Contract, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Missions, Moon, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Test Instruments Tagged With: Featured

Aegis Aerospace celebrates 1st Moon bound Lunar Test Facility + a major milestone

February 20, 2025

On the heels of sending its first lunar test facility to the Moon, Aegis Aerospace Inc. has completed a major milestone on its second lunar test facility. Aegis Aerospace’s first lunar test […]

Filed Under: Aegis Aerospace, Business Moves, Lunar, Lunar Missions, Lunar Test Facility, Milestone, Moon, Moon Mission, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

SpaceX to send Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon on Wednesday

January 14, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, January 15 for Falcon 9’s launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) in Florida. Also on board […]

Filed Under: Artemis, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Firefly Aerospace, ispace, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Payloads, Space Weather, SpaceX

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