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NASA awards first Moon Base contracts under Isaacman's revised Artemis plan
NASA this month raised CLPS 1.0 to $4.2 billion, created a CLPS 2.0 contract vehicle with a $10 billion ceiling and eight eligible companies, and awarded Blue Origin $94 million (plus a $140 million option) for the PROMISE rover delivery. It also issued about $1.3 billion in VADR launch task orders for Moon Base Phase One and moved SLS toward a near-Block 1 configuration while halting Mobile Launcher 2 work. Next is a Marshall solicitation for Moon Base demonstrations under NextSTEP-3, with responses due January 4, 2027. · 1h ago
Forces, money & more SpaceIn the News
9 articles from 8 outlets in the past 7 days · 2 earlier11Wednesday, Nov 11 1
4d agoArs Technica SpaceOriginalNASA's secret weapon in the lunar space race may be ... procurement reform?
Tuesday, Nov 10 2
4d agoNASASpaceflightEarliestOriginalIsaacman lays out SLS path to the 2030s 5d agoSpaceQOriginalNASA updates Moon Base CLPS program as Canada weighs Canadarm3’s future
Monday, Nov 9 6
5d agoSpace Policy OnlineOriginalNASA Shares Moon Base Progress, Contract Awards 6d agoSpace.comOriginalNASA just launched a $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge to award cash prizes to students that solve lunar base problems 6d agoNASA NewsMAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future 6d agoNASA Office of Inspector GeneralMAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future 6d agoAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsNASA Advances Lunar Base Plans With New Commercial Partnerships 6d agoSpace.comOriginalNASA unveils $10 billion in moon base contracts, new lunar missions and the 'PROMISE' of a nuclear-powered rover
Earlier
Saturday, Nov 7 1
7d agoNASASpaceflightNASA’s Moon Base plan gains a PROMISE
Saturday, Oct 31 1
Oct 31NASASpaceflightOriginalIsaacman outlines Artemis III multi-launch checkout sequence and Blue Origin priority
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Solicitations, SBIR topics, grants and awards11AwardNational Aeronautics and Space Administration13d agoNASA awarded Blue Origin a $25.38M CLPS task order CX-2C under award 80JSC027F7004.$25.4M obligatedCLPS contract, task order CX-2CBlue OriginSpaceLifecycle10 linked AwardNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSep 30NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for HelioSwarm program support valued at roughly $96.8 million.$96.8M obligated80ARC024CA007Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationSpaceLifecycle9 linked AwardNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDec 17NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a $117.2M CLPS contract (80JSC025F7026) for lunar delivery services.$117M obligated80JSC025F7026Firefly AerospaceSpaceLifecycle11 linked AwardJohnson Space CenterJun 29NASA Johnson Space Center awarded Intuitive Machines, LLC a $35.7M contract to finalize mission design and execute long-lead procurements.$35.7M obligatedIntuitive MachinesSpaceLifecycle7 linked AwardNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSep 2NASA awards Wichita State University $1.86M to develop databases of refractory composites for validating hypersonic flight structures.$1.9M obligated80GRC026FA013Wichita State UniversitySpaceLifecycle2 linked AwardMarshall Space Flight Center11d agoNASA Marshall awarded Viasat a $7.39M contract for Project NEXUS, a Ka-band backward-compatible relay, under NextSTEP-3 Appendix E.$7.4M obligatedNextSTEP-3 Appendix EViasatSpaceLifecycle4 linked AwardJohnson Space CenterOct 22NASA Johnson Space Center awarded Axiom Space a $16 million delivery order for production, testing, delivery and sustainment of sortie suit hardware under XEVAS.$16M obligatedXEVAS contract (delivery order 80JSC027FA005)Axiom SpaceSpaceNASA awards first Moon Base contracts under Isaacman's revised Artemis planLifecycle2 linked AwardGlenn Research Center (inferred from contract number prefix 80GRC)Sep 30NASA awarded Modulate Space Corporation contract 80GRC026C0017 to develop a minimum viable 5G-NR user equipment and network-in-a-box for subsequent lunar missions.$23M obligated80GRC026C0017Modulate Space CorporationSpaceNASA awards first Moon Base contracts under Isaacman's revised Artemis planLifecycle2 linked AwardMarshall Space Flight CenterJan 10NASA awarded Johns Hopkins APL a $17.6M task under LSII via the ARDES II contract vehicle.$17.6M obligatedARDES II 80MSFC20D0004Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratorySpaceLifecycle5 linked AwardMarshall Space Flight CenterJan 9NASA Marshall Space Flight Center awarded Lanteris Space LLC $8.26 million for the SAMPLR lunar regolith payload under ROSES LSITP.$8.3M obligatedNNH18ZDA001NLANTERIS SPACE LLCSpaceLifecycle3 linked RFPNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER3d agoNASA Marshall Space Flight Center issued solicitation M2M-MSFC-0001 for Moon Base demonstrations under NextSTEP-3 Appendix B, with no set-aside and responses due January 4, 2027.Closes in 50 daysNextSTEP-3SpaceNASA awards first Moon Base contracts under Isaacman's revised Artemis planLifecycle16 linked