Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon

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)

Intuitive Machines-2 Lifts Off

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

Liftoff! NASA Tech, Science En Route to Moon with Intuitive Machines

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

Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon’s South Pole

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

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

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

General

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Johnson Space Center

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Mission

Posted February 25, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Game Changing Development Program

Kennedy Space Center

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

Five Facts About NASA’s Moon Bound Technology

NASA is sending revolutionary technologies to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ second lunar delivery as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.  As part of this CLPS flight to the Moon, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will te

Posted February 25, 2025

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26. The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s […]

Posted February 21, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing

With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of […]

Posted February 14, 2025

Lunar Trailblazer

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Earth's Moon

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lunar Science

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon

Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]

Posted February 13, 2025