CLPS
Bridenstine outlines two-phase approach for accelerated lunar return
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the agency’s approach to moving up a human lunar landing from 2028 to 2024 will focus first on speed and then on sustainability.
NASA seeks to accelerate work on lunar missions
NASA is now emphasizing speed in its lunar exploration plans, including seeking to fly payloads on commercial lunar landers before the end of this year as it works with industry on lander concepts.
Runner-up in NASA commercial lunar lander competition plans to try again
The one company that failed to win a NASA contract last month for commercial lunar payload delivery services says it will try again in the future as it continues development of its lunar lander.
Op-ed | CLPS will jump-start the lunar economy
NASA’s approach to Commercial Lunar Payload Services sets the stage for the lunar economy because it will spur investment in CLPS and other commercial provided lunar system capabilities.
NASA lunar orbiter now supporting commercial and international missions
A NASA spacecraft originally built as part of the previous effort to return humans to the moon is now playing a key role in the new effort at human lunar return, including aiding commercial landers.
