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 of the Moon than ever before. This delivery is the first time NASA will use […] The post NASA Selects Firefly for New Artemis Science, Tech Delivery to Moon first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Aubrie Henspeter: Leading Commercial Lunar Missions  As NASA partners with American industry to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon, a dedicated team behind the scenes ensures every mission is grounded in strategy, compliance, and innovation. Leading that effort is Aubrie Henspeter, who advises all aspects of procurement for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative—one of the cornerstone projects […] The post Aubrie Henspeter: Leading Commercial Lunar Missions  first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon. During the short-lived mission on the Moon, the performance of PRIME-1’s technology gave NASA teams reason to celebrate.   “The PRIME-1 mission proved that our hardware works […] The post NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge. It can […] The post NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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