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NASA picks eight lander companies for a $10 billion CLPS 2 contract and books Blue Origin ...
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Fusion42 · 8 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
NASA awarded a $10 billion 10-year indefinite-delivery contract (CLPS 2) to eight companies for lunar lander missions, including Blue Origin's $94 million contract to deploy a nuclear-powered PROMISE rover to the Moon's South Pole by late 2028. The agency also increased the CLPS contract ceiling to $4.2 billion and ordered $1.3 billion in launch and orbital transfer missions supporting the upcoming Moon Base.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Government & Space, and 3 sources have reported it.
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NASA's big commitment to lunar landers and a Moon Base opens contracts for your space transport and robotics technologies. You can jump in now to offer payload delivery or rover tech without waiting for new programs to start.
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