https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-clps-initiative/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 05 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-clps-initiative/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/firefly-to-put-ten-nasa-science-payloads-on-the-moon/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30186&preview=true&preview_id=30186 Firefly to put ten NASA science payloads on the Moon]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/astrobotic-awarded-199-5-million-contract-to-deliver-nasa-moon-rover/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23432 Astrobotic, the world’s leading lunar logistics service provider, has been selected by NASA to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, to the south pole of the Moon in 2023. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/astrobotic-announces-new-lunar-logistics-headquarters-in-pittsburgh/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17756&preview=true&preview_id=17756 Astrobotic proudly announces that it will open a new state-of-the-art headquarters for lunar logistics in May 2020. The 47,000 square foot facility in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood of Manchester will house the company’s spacecraft integration cleanrooms, test facilities, lab spaces, rover test labs, payload operations room, and dedicated mission control. Astrobotic’s new headquarters is poised to become the epicenter for America’s return to the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/spaceil-presented-with-xprize-moonshot-award/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 05:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16358 Following its brave attempt at a soft landing on the Moon, SpaceIL, the Israeli non-profit organisation that attempted a lunar mission in April this year, was presented with the XPrize Moonshot Award. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/firefly-aerospace-and-israel-aerospace-industries-enter-exclusive-agreement-for-u-s-commercialization-of-lunar-lander-technology/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15062 Firefly Aerospace has announced that it has signed an Intellectual Property and Engineering Support Agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for technology based on its Beresheet Lunar Lander. Firefly Aerospace is one of the nine companies selected by NASA to participate in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver science payloads to the surface of the Moon.]]>