CLPS

COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES

NASA.GOV/CLPS
COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES

OVERVIEW

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, or CLPS, 

allows rapid acquisition of lunar delivery services from American 

companies to deliver scientific, exploration, and technology 

instruments that advance capabilities for science, exploration 

and commercial development of the Moon.

Through CLPS, NASA aims to gain new insights about 

the lunar environment, expand the lunar economy, 

and prepare for the next crewed missions to the Moon 

under the Artemis campaign.
HIGHLIGHTS

UNDER THE ARTEMIS CAMPAIGN, CLPS 

IS ENABLING EXPLORATION in new ways 

that aim to make important discoveries 

by sending science and technology 

instruments to the Moon.

PAYLOADS DELIVERED THROUGH

CLPS WILL HELP NASA advance

capabilities for science, exploration

and, commercial development

of the Moon.

AS THE FIRST ADOPTER FOR 

COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES TO THE 

MOON, CLPS is another example of how 

NASA is supporting long-term, sustainable 

exploration by enabling commercial 

services on the Moon.

A KEY GOAL FOR CLPS is a lunar 

marketplace that can stand on its own 

without NASA instruments aboard 

every flight.
NEARSIDE FARSIDE SOUTH POLE

COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES LANDING SITES

Astrobotic Peregrine Mission-1 

LANDING SITE: Did not land on the Moon

LANDER NAME: Peregrine 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO 2-AB

STATUS: Completed

1 6 Intuitive Machines IM-1

LANDING SITE: Malapert A 

LANDER NAME: NOVA-C 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO 2-IM 

7 Intuitive Machines IM-2

LANDING SITE: Shackleton Connecting Ridge

LANDER NAME: NOVA-C 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO PRIME-1

2 Intuitive Machines IM-3 

LANDING SITE: Reiner Gamma 

LANDER NAME: NOVA-C 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO CP-11

3 Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1

LANDING SITE: Mare Crisium 

LANDER NAME: Blue Ghost

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO 19D

4 Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2

LANDING SITE: Lunar Farside and Orbit 

LANDER NAME: Blue Ghost

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO CS-3 and CS-4 

5 Team Draper 

LANDING SITE: Schrödinger Basin

LANDER NAME: SERIES-2 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO CP-12

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8 Astrobotic Griffin Mission-1 

LANDING SITE: Mons Mouton

LANDER NAME: Griffin 

CLPS CONTRACT AWARD: TO 20A (VIPER)

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THROUGH CLPS, NASA HAS 

AWARDED NINE TASK ORDERS

to five providers to deliver over 40 

payloads to the surface of the Moon 

between 2024 and 2026. 

THREE OF THOSE DELIVERIES ARE 

SLATED TO LAND on the Moon’s 

South Pole – the region the first Artemis 

astronauts will explore when they arrive. 

THROUGH CLPS, THE AGENCY 

IS BUYING AN END-TO-END 

COMMERCIAL ROBOTIC LUNAR 

DELIVERY SERVICE, meaning the 

CLPS provider is responsible for launch 

services, owns its lander design and 

leads landing and surface operations.

NASA WILL SELECT MORE 

INVESTIGATIONS FOR DELIVERY

through a call for proposals for PRISM 

(Payloads and Research Investigations 

on the Surface of the Moon).

Concept image of the NASA’s first robotic 

Moon rover, VIPER (Volatiles Investigating 

Polar Exploration Rover). Credit: NASA

Astrobotic’s MoonRanger 

rover will explore 

the lunar South Pole 

using NASA’s Neutron 

Spectrometer System 

(NSS). Credit: Astrobotic

The Laser Retroreflector Array 

(LRA) is a passive optical 

instrument which helps provide 

measurements of distances 

between orbiting or landing 

spacecraft. Credit: NASA
COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Johnson Space Center

2101 East NASA Parkway

Houston, TX 77058

www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson

www.nasa.gov

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