Tuesday / 26 Feb 2019

Lunar Scientific Payloads For Commercial Moon Landings Being Selected, Developed By NASA

 12 Demonstration Scientific Payloads Selected To Be Carried By Commercial Landers As Early As End Of 2019; Experiments Will Be Developed By NASA Facilities Including Ames Research Center And Johnson Space Center; Outside Proposals For Lunar Surface Instrument And Technology Payloads Have Due Date Of 27 February: Nine Companies Selected As Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Will Compete To Provide Delivery; NASA Plans Regular Landings Leading To Human Moon Missions By 2020s

Credits: NASA, Moon Express, Lockheed Martin