NASA to Announce Additional Commercial Moon Delivery Providers

NASA News Releases <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:27:29 +0000 (UTC)

November 15, 2019 
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-129
NASA to Announce Additional Commercial Moon Delivery Providers

NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, to announce additional American companies joining the competitive pool for delivery services to the surface of the Moon through the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)  project.

The teleconference audio and supporting visuals will stream live on the agency’s website.

In July, NASA announced an opportunity for American companies to join the CLPS contract to deliver larger, heavier payloads to lunar surface. The newly selected companies, along with the original nine selected in November 2018, all will be eligible to bid on future lunar delivery services, including task orders for heavier payloads, as well as payload integration and operations.

The investigations and demonstrations launching on CLPS flights will help NASA study the Moon as it prepares to send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024 through the agency’s Artemis program, with eventual human missions to Mars.

The teleconference participants are:

Steve Clarke, deputy associate administrator for exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington
	Chris Culbert, CLPS project manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
	Representatives from the newly selected service providers

To participate by phone, media must contact Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 by noon (11 a.m. CST) Nov. 18.

For more information about NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/clps

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Press Contacts

Grey Hautaluoma

Headquarters, Washington

202-358-0668

grey.hautaluoma-1@xxxxxxxx

Rachel Kraft

Johnson Space Center, Houston

281-483-5111

rachel.h.kraft@xxxxxxxx

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	November 15, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-129 NASA to Announce Additional Commercial Moon Delivery Providers NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, to announce additional American companies joining the competitive pool for delivery services to the surface of the Moon through the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) project. The teleconference audio and supporting visuals will stream live on the agency’s website. In July, NASA announced an opportunity for American companies to join the CLPS contract to deliver larger, heavier payloads to lunar surface. The newly selected companies, along with the original nine selected in November 2018, all will be eligible to bid on future lunar delivery services, including task orders for heavier payloads, as well as payload integration and operations. The investigations and demonstrations launching on CLPS flights will help NASA study the Moon as it prepares to send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024 through the agency’s Artemis program, with eventual human missions to Mars. The teleconference participants are: Steve Clarke, deputy associate administrator for exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington Chris Culbert, CLPS project manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Representatives from the newly selected service providers To participate by phone, media must contact Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 by noon (11 a.m. CST) Nov. 18. For more information about NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/clps -end-
	Press Contacts Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@xxxxxxxx Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@xxxxxxxx
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