{"id":355062,"date":"2023-06-15T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=reference&p=355062"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T19:17:49","slug":"commercial-lunar-payload-services","status":"publish","type":"reference","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/commercial-lunar-payload-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Lunar Payload Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" 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class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-5 padding-y-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-48 font-weight-extrabold margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCommercial Lunar Payload Services\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA is supporting the creation of a lunar economy through commercial deliveries of NASA science that will help prepare for the next generation of explorers.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label-inter color-carbon-60 margin-right-2 desktop:margin-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" viewBox=\"0 0 600 600\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M293 .1C131.3 3.5-.5 136.4.1 300.1c-.7 162.7 132 301.1 302.2 299.9 165.8-1.1 299.2-136.6 297.6-303.2C598.3 132.5 462.9-3.5 293 .1zm8.9 570.6C151.5 571.8 30.6 451.1 29.2 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padding-top-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"A data visualization showing the mountainous area west of Nobile Crater.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 53% 5%; object-position: 53% 5%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png 1306w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=900,505 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/viper_landing_site.png?resize=1200,674 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA \/ Viper<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nasa-blocks-encyclopedic-content-columns alignfull hds-columns hds-encyclopedic-content-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nasa-blocks-encyclopedic-primary-column hds-column hds-encyclopedic-column hds-encyclopedic-primary-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is working with several American companies to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These companies of varying sizes will bid on delivering payloads for NASA, including payload integration and operations, launching from Earth and landing on the surface of the Moon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Artemis, commercial deliveries beginning in 2023 will perform science experiments, test technologies and demonstrate capabilities to help NASA explore the Moon and prepare for human missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CLPS contracts are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with a cumulative maximum contract value of $2.6 billion through 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative allows rapid acquisition of lunar delivery services from American companies for payloads that advance capabilities for science, exploration or commercial development of the Moon. Investigations and demonstrations launched on commercial Moon flights will help the agency study Earth\u2019s nearest neighbor under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis\">Artemis<\/a> approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially welcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-announces-new-partnerships-for-commercial-lunar-payload-delivery-services\">nine<\/a> U.S. companies to its CLPS project in November 2018, NASA added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/new-companies-join-growing-ranks-of-nasa-partners-for-artemis-program\">five more vendors<\/a> to the project a year later, bringing the total number of eligible vendors to 14. As science, technology, and human exploration requirements for payloads develop, the current pool of CLPS contractors will be eligible to bid for surface task orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual task order awards cover end-to-end commercial payload delivery services, including payload integration, mission operations, launch from Earth, and landing on the surface of the Moon. In addition to the NASA payloads aboard, companies are also encouraged to fly commercial payloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Delivery Timeline<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/first-commercial-moon-delivery-assignments-to-advance-artemis\">Astrobotic<\/a> will deliver NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/to2-astrobotic\" rel=\"noopener\">payloads<\/a> to Sinus Viscositatis, a mare unit adjacent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/moon.nasa.gov\/resources\/482\/a-lunar-mystery-the-gruithuisen-domes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gruithuisen Domes<\/a>, a geologic enigma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/first-commercial-moon-delivery-assignments-to-advance-artemis\">Intuitive Machines<\/a> will deliver NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/op-to2-intuitive-machines\" rel=\"noopener\">payloads<\/a> to a site near the Malapert A crater in the south polar region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-intuitive-machines-to-land-water-measuring-payload-on-the-moon\">Intuitive Machines<\/a> will deliver the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/game_changing_development\/projects\/PRIME-1\">PRIME-1 drill<\/a> to the lunar South Pole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-astrobotic-to-fly-water-hunting-rover-to-the-moon\/\">Astrobotic<\/a> will deliver the agency\u2019s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/viper\">VIPER<\/a>, to the lunar South Pole. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-firefly-aerospace-for-artemis-commercial-moon-delivery-in-2023\">Firefly Aerospace <\/a>will deliver a suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/19d-firefly-aerospace\" rel=\"noopener\">payloads<\/a> to Mare Crisium, a large, dark, basaltic plain on the Moon that filled an ancient asteroid impact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-intuitive-machines-for-new-lunar-science-delivery\">Intuitive Machines<\/a> will deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/cp-11\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a>, including science investigations and a technology demonstration, to Reiner Gamma, a magnetic anomaly known as a lunar swirl located on the lunar near side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-draper-to-fly-research-to-far-side-of-moon\">Draper<\/a> will deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/cp-12\" rel=\"noopener\">science investigations<\/a> to Schr\u00f6dinger Basin, a large lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon close to the South Pole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-picks-firefly-aerospace-for-robotic-delivery-to-far-side-of-moon\">Firefly<\/a> will deliver two agency <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/lunar-discovery\/deliveries\/cs-3\" rel=\"noopener\">payloads<\/a> to the lunar far side and deliver a communications and data relay satellite into lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) collaboration with NASA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Science experiments and technology demonstrations delivered to the lunar surface as part of Artemis\u00a0will help lay the foundation for human exploration on the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term, sustainable lunar presence, and serving as a stepping stone for future astronaut missions to Mars. Artemis I launched in 2022 and its subsequent test flight with crew is scheduled to occur in 2024 in advance of NASA sending humans to the surface of the Moon no earlier than 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional payload information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, NASA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-12-new-lunar-science-technology-investigations\">identified<\/a>\u00a0agency and external science\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-experiments-for-possible-lunar-flights-in-2019\">payloads<\/a>\u00a0that will fly on\u00a0CLPS flights.\u00a0Through the agency\u2019s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-releases-prism-call-for-potential-lunar-surface-investigations\/\">PRISM<\/a>)\u00a0call for proposals, NASA selected\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-new-science-investigations-for-future-moon-deliveries\">three new scientific investigations<\/a>\u00a0 in June 2021 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-new-instruments-for-priority-artemis-science-on-moon\">two science instrument suites<\/a>\u00a0in June 2022 to be delivered to the Moon via CLPS flights.\u00a0Future payloads also could include other rovers, power sources, and science experiments, including the technology demonstrations to be infused into the Artemis approach.\u00a0The agency expects to issue a regular series of task order proposal requests to expand the scope of NASA payloads requiring transportation services to the lunar surface ahead of human landings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-ask-nasa padding-x-3 padding-y-9 width-full maxw-full bg-spacesuit-white hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-ask-nasa\">\t<div class=\"grid-container-block grid-container padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">CLPS Homepage<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md color-carbon-90 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercial-lunar-payload-services\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tVisit the CLPS homepage                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clps-landing-sites-southpole-preview.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"CLPS This orthographic projection is centered on the south polar region of the moon as seen by NASA's Clementine spacecraft. 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