Blue Origin and Luxembourg Partner on Oasis-1 Mission to Map Lunar Resources
Blue Origin today announced Project Oasis, a multi-phase initiative designed to identify, assess, and utilize key lunar resources. The first mission, Oasis-1, will be carried out in close partnership with Luxembourg and its space ecosystem. Oasis-1 will generate the most detailed high-resolution maps to…
Honda and Astrobotic Establish Joint Development Agreement to Explore Scalable Lunar Power Solutions
TORRANCE, Calif., and PITTSBURGH, September 29, 2025 – American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. today announced a joint development agreement aimed at developing a scalable and integrated power solution for sustained lunar surface missions. The joint feasibility study will…
Solstar Wins NASA Award for Lunar WiFi
NASA has tapped Solstar Space to build a WiFi network on the Moon, to connect wireless hardware that’s expected to be part of the future lunar economy. The space agency awarded the space communications firm a $150,000 SBIR Phase 1…
Blue Alchemist Hits Major Milestone Toward Permanent and Sustainable Lunar Infrastructure
Blue Origin’s breakthrough in-space resource utilization system aims to turn lunar regolith into solar arrays, metals, and breathable and propellant-grade oxygen, enabling sustainable robotic and human Moon missions and future Mars exploration Blue Origin announced today that its pioneering in-space…
Canada awards study contracts for lunar utility rover
TAMPA, Fla. — The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded initial study contracts July 29 for a lunar utility rover as part of the country’s push to deepen its role in the U.S.-led Artemis program. Canadian space system specialists Canadensys Aerospace…
NASA Selects Firefly for New Artemis Science, Tech Delivery to Moon
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to explore more…
Firefly Aerospace Announces New Lunar Imaging Service on its Elytra Spacecraft
Cedar Park, Texas, June 18, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced a new lunar imaging service, named Ocula, offered through Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicles as early as 2026. Ocula is enabled by high-resolution telescopes from the Lawrence…
Sierra Space Wins $3.6M NASA Lunar Logistics Contract
Sierra Space secured a one-year, $3.6M NASA contract to study how its inflatable space station technology could provide logistical infrastructure for future lunar bases. The contract—part of NASA’s NextSTEP-2 Appendix R set of studies—tasks Sierra Space with examining how it…
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Engineering Guide for Lunar Explorers
Lunar experts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created a new technical resource to guide technology developers who are designing systems to withstand the rigors of the Moon’s surface. A suite of videos, titled Lunar…