Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole

As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region. NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will search for volatile resources, such as ice, on the lunar surface […]

Posted September 19, 2025

Artemis

People of Johnson

Aubrie Henspeter: Leading Commercial Lunar Missions

As NASA partners with American industry to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon, a dedicated team behind the scenes ensures every mission is grounded in strategy, compliance, and innovation.

Posted May 13, 2025

Artemis

Kennedy Space Center

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Technology

NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon

Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 29, 2025, to correct the amount of data collected during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission. NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon.

Posted April 29, 2025

Artemis

Game Changing Development Program

Kennedy Space Center

Lunar Surface Technology Research

Missions

Moons

NASA Directorates

Science & Research

NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon

NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.

Posted March 27, 2025

Artemis

Blue Ghost (lander)

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Headquarters

Technology

NASA Science Continues After Firefly’s First Moon Mission Concludes

After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. Analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions.

Posted March 18, 2025

Missions

Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA, Firefly Invite Media to Discuss End of Blue Ghost Moon Mission

NASA and Firefly Aerospace will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 18, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the company’s successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon’s surface. Watch the news conference on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. U.S. media […]

Posted March 17, 2025

Blue Ghost (lander)

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer)

NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon exploration missions and beyond.

Posted March 14, 2025

Artemis

Missions

Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals

As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity.

Posted March 14, 2025

General

Artemis

Langley Research Center

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities