As NASA celebrates 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 crewed lunar landing, the agency also is preparing new navigation and positioning technology for the […]
Tag: Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
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NASA Instrument on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander to Study Lunar Interior
LMS instrument aboard the Blue Ghost Lander heading to Mare Crisium in mid-January As part of its Artemis campaign, NASA is developing a series of […]
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NASA to Test Solution for Radiation-Tolerant Computing in Space
Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation systems to life support technology, science data retrieval and […]
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Electrodynamic Dust Shield Heading to Moon on Firefly Lander
Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars, it is […]
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NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection
Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be […]
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NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager
NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project […]
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NASA Anticipates Lunar Findings From Next-Generation Retroreflector
Apollo astronauts set up mirror arrays, or “retroreflectors,” on the Moon to accurately reflect laser light beamed at them from Earth with minimal scattering or […]
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NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge
The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During […]
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NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge
The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During […]
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More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight
NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to […]
