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Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission, Intuitive Machines collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m. CST Friday. As part of the company’s second Moon delivery for NASA under the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar […]
Posted March 7, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6.
Posted March 4, 2025
General
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Communications & Navigation Program
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surface.   The LuGRE payload’s success in lunar orbit and on the surface indicates that signals from the GNSS (Global Navigation Satelli
Posted March 4, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
The shadow of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander can be seen in this photo from the Moon, taken after landing on March 2, 2025. The lander safely delivered a suite of 10 NASA science and technology instruments; these instruments will operate on the lunar surface for approximately one lunar day, or about 14 Earth […]
Posted March 4, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Blue Ghost (lander)
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue Ghost lander is in an upright […]
Posted March 2, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM-2) soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The lander is set to land on the Moon on March 6. The NASA science and technology demonstrations aboard the lander will, once […]
Posted February 27, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Trailblazer
Missions
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
The next set of NASA science and technology demonstrations is on its way to the lunar surface, where they will gather data about Earth’s nearest neighbor and help pave the way for American astronauts to explore the Moon and beyond, for the benefit of all. Carrying NASA instruments as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial […]
Posted February 27, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
General
Johnson Space Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the next flight of NASA science and technology is only days away.
Posted February 26, 2025
Lunar Trailblazer
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
Lunar Science
The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time. Launching no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon’s water? After sharing a […]
Posted February 26, 2025
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