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NASA selects four companies for initial moon base awards

NASA announced May 26 the first contracts for its planned lunar base, picking four companies to develop and deliver landers and drones to the moon.

NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative

Blue Moon lander will carry Astrolab and Lunar Outpost moon buggies, while Firefly will drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones.
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NASA plans a base on the moon spanning hundreds of square kilometres

Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location
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5 Companies to Work on Lunar Lander Design Concepts Under $146M in NASA Contracts

NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future solicitation on industry capabilities that could help facilitate ...

Astronauts to begin training in replica of Blue Origin's lunar lander

NASA's Artemis astronauts can now train on a full-scale replica of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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NASA just awarded $1 billion in lunar contracts to Blue Origin, Firefly, Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost — locking in the landers, rovers, and drones for a permanent moon base

Four companies now hold the keys to NASA’s lunar surface fleet. In a series of contract awards finalized in spring 2026, the agency committed roughly $1 billion to Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Astrolab,
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NASA Awards SpaceX, Blue Origin, and 3 Other Companies $146 Million In Contracts to Make Moon Lander Designs

NASA announced on Tuesday that it had awarded five US companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, a total of $146 million in contracts to develop moon-lander designs. The contracts are part of NASA’s Artemis program, which ...

NASA’s permanent Moon base plans start with three missions this year

On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon’s South Pole region. These missions will pave the way for the crewed Artemis landing slated for 2028, starting with three Moon Base missions NASA says are “the first of more than a dozen missions that will be announced this year.”
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Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA Artemis astronaut training

The simulator will help train Artemis 3 astronauts before their mission next year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Orion space capsule training simulator is located inside ...