Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Headquarters

NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations

NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations.

Posted August 4, 2026

Moon Base

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the engineering development version for the PROMISE rover. NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three companies to land four new missions on the Moon in late 2028 as part of the agency’s Moon Base Program. Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines will deliver […]

Posted June 30, 2026

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

For Colleges & Universities

Learning Resources

Moon Base

Robotics

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future

Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to correct the recipient of the Systems Engineering Leaps and Bounds Award. Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base.

Posted May 27, 2026

Artemis

Gateway Space Station

General

Lunar Robots: NASA Spotlights Moon Base at 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition

Robotics will play a critical role in NASA’s ambitious plan to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, presenting opportunities for the next generation of engineers, technologists, and innovators to contribute to a bold vision for the future.

Posted May 21, 2026

Artemis

Langley Research Center

Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber

Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System capabilities in support of NASA’s Artemis program. The tests in Chamber A represent a public-private partnership model, with Blue Origin conducting work through a reimbursable Space Act Agreement.

Posted May 4, 2026

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Lunar Science

Science & Research

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon

NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program.

Posted March 27, 2026

Artemis

NASA Headquarters

New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History

NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of the Moon. As part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, American companies will deliver these research payloads to the lunar surface no earlier than 2028.

Posted January 20, 2026

Artemis

Artemis Accords

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

NASA signs US-Australia Agreement on Aeronautics, Space Cooperation

At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Sydney this week, representatives from the United States and Australia gathered to sign a framework agreement that strengthens collaboration in aeronautics and space exploration between the two nations.

Posted September 30, 2025

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

Ames Research Center

Artemis