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NASA selects eight companies to compete for future Moon cargo flights

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11 Nov 2026, 9:31 am IST1 min read

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NASA has selected eight companies to compete for future cargo deliveries to the lunar surface under the second phase of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme. Announcing the selections on November 7, the agency put the combined ceiling of the 10-year contract framework at $10 billion. That figure is the maximum value of orders the framework can support. Individual missions will be competed separately.

NASA also announced a specific delivery award to Blue Origin for the PROMISE rover, which is intended to study the surface and subsurface near the Moon’s south pole. NASA put the base value at $94 million, with a further $140 million option tied to performance. The agency is targeting a late 2028 launch for the rover.

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