NASA announced lunar exploration contracts and missions at Kennedy Space Center
NASA selected eight companies for a 10-year CLPS 2 framework worth up to $10 billion and raised the existing CLPS 1.0 ceiling from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion. It awarded six transportation task orders worth about $1.3 billion to Arrow Science and Technology, Blue Origin and Impulse Space; Blue Origin will deliver the nuclear-powered PROMISE rover to the lunar south pole.
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NASA announced a package of lunar exploration contracts and missions on Nov. 7 at the MAX POWER expo at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It selected eight companies for the next phase of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, CLPS 2, a 10-year framework with a maximum combined value of $10 billion. NASA also raised the ceiling on the existing CLPS 1.0 contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion. The agency’s six launch and orbital-transport assignments total about $1.3 billion and involve Arrow Science and Technology, Blue Origin and Impulse Space. For PROMISE, Blue Origin’s award comprises $94 million upfront and a further $140 million contingent on performance; its Mark 1 lander will carry the rover to the lunar South Pole. NASA also announced plans to develop a nuclear-powered rover to explore the lunar south pole.
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