Commercial Lunar Payload Services
NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative purchases commercial delivery services for science, exploration, and technology payloads at the Moon. Individual awards cover payload integration, launch from Earth, mission operations, and lunar landing, with American vendors providing the delivery service. The initiative supports lunar research, technology testing, and preparation for sustained human exploration while helping develop a commercial lunar-delivery market; NASA explicitly accepts that some delivery attempts may fail.
Identity
- Aliases
- CLPSCommercial Lunar Payload ServicesNASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Commercial Lunar Payload Services
- Status
- active
- Types
- acquisitionexplorationoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative purchases commercial delivery services for science, exploration, and technology payloads at the Moon. Individual awards cover payload integration, launch from Earth, mission operations, and lunar landing, with American vendors providing the delivery service. The initiative supports lunar research, technology testing, and preparation for sustained human exploration while helping develop a commercial lunar-delivery market; NASA explicitly accepts that some delivery attempts may fail.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2018
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 07:58:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:03:08 UTC