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New NASA Artemis payloads to probe moon’s terrain, radiation, and origins

NASA is quietly reshaping how we will understand the Moon, selecting a trio of new Artemis science payloads that target its ...
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NASA Selects Three New Science Payloads for Future Lunar Missions

NASA has selected three new lunar science investigations to be delivered to the Moon under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative and Artemis campaign. The research ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL to Investigate Space Radiation Effects on the Lunar Surface

APL has been awarded one of three new NASA science investigations designed to strengthen humanity’s understanding and ...
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NASA selects new Artemis payloads to unlock the moon’s secrets

NASA has selected three new scientific investigations that will help deepen understanding of the Moon’s surface, interior, and radiation environment ...
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on moon and will attempt to tap into Earth GPS

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander will attempt to use Earth's GPS system from the lunar surface. If successful, this will be the first time GPS has been used from the moon, potentially ...
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NASA's SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloads

When NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launches the agency's Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats, or small ...
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NASA DiskSat explained: The flat spacecraft NASA just successfully launched into orbit

NASA engineers explain how a new flat satellite design just worked in orbit, and why it could matter far beyond this mission.
GovCon Wire

NASA Adds Five Firms to $2.6B Lunar Payload Services Contract; Jim Bridenstine Quoted

Five companies have won spots on NASA™s potential $2.6B Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract, bringing the total number of awardees to 14. As part of the CLPS effort, contractors may be tasked ...
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NASA Unveils Artemis II Launch Windows: What We Know

Space agency is making final preparations for what will be the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit in more than half a ...
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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon

Update: The first Blue Moon MK1 mission is currently scheduled for no earlier than 2026. NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the ...
GovCon Wire

14 Firms Qualify to Bid for NASA Lunar Payload Delivery Mission

NASA is accepting bids from 14 companies under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to send a space exploration payload to the moon’s polar regions to study water ice elements. The agency ...
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NASA hails Blue Ghost 1 mission as “proof positive” of CLPS program

The Blue Ghost 1 lander casts a shadow on the lunar surface after touching down on the moon March 2. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to ...