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$46,831,892

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC

aerospaceactive
WORK BEGAN2026-03-25·LATEST ACTION2026-05-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80JSC026F7009_8000_80HQTR19D0010_8000
Award description

CLPS TASK ORDER CT-4 PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program for delivering research equipment to the lunar surface.

Sub-sectors
commercial-lunar-servicesmoon-explorationscientific-payloads
Why this matters

NASA advances commercial lunar logistics capabilities, supporting sustained Moon exploration and competing with international lunar programs.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for lunar vehicle components, scientific instruments, and advanced avionics from commercial space suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. commercial lunar logistics advances counterbalance China's Chang'e program in deep-space exploration competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-11. Cost: $0.007739.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-25
End
2031-05-31
Status
activein 1783 days
Sources

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