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"NASA awarded Blue Origin a CLPS task order, with an option, to deliver the VIPER water-ice prospecting rover to the lunar South Pole in late 2027 on a second Blue Moon MK1 lander. 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Interlune announced it on 2024-10-03 as a $365,000 grant. 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NASA grant 80NSSC24K0805 ('CRUMBLE', $348,008), signed 2024-06-27, appears to correspond to that selection based on its description and solicitation prefix.", "event_type": "grant", "date": { "value": "2024-06-27", "precision": "day" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-interlune" ], "related_ids": [], "amount": 348008, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [], "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "Federal award record (USAspending) and NASA selection page.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0805_080/", "title": "USAspending.gov award record 80NSSC24K0805 (API)", "publisher": "U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2024-06-27", "accessed": "2026-09-26", "quote": "\"total_obligation\":348008.0,\"date_signed\":\"2024-06-27\"", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "amount", "date" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/access-flight-tests/nasa-techflights-solicitation-information/nasa-techflights-2023-selections/", "title": "NASA TechFlights 2023 Selections", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": null, "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "A device designed to pulverize lunar regolith into a material useful for mineral extraction, propulsion, life support, and construction on the Moon.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.interlune.space/press-release/interlune-receives-grant-to-test-state-of-the-art-lunar-soil-processing-technology", "title": "Interlune Receives Grant to Test State-of-the-Art Lunar Soil Processing Technology", "publisher": "Interlune", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2024-07-16", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "today announced that it received a grant through NASA's TechFlights 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cumulative $838,461 across three levels of Phase 2 of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge (excavating and hauling icy regolith) and placed second overall at the June 2024 finale.", "event_type": "government_award", "date": { "value": "2024-06", "precision": "month" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-starpath-robotics" ], "related_ids": [], "counterparty_id": "org-nasa", "amount": 838461, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [], "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "NASA article.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/centennial-challenges/lunar-challenge-winner-tests-technology-in-nasa-thermal-vacuum-chamber/", "title": "Lunar Challenge Winner Tests Technology in NASA Thermal Vacuum Chamber", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2025-09-26", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "A space hardware startup from Hawthorne, California, Starpath won a cumulative $838,461 across three levels of Phase 2 before winning second place overall at the challenge's live demonstration and finale in June 2024.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "amount", "date", "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" } ], "confidence": "high", "missing_evidence": [ "Prize for the finale placement itself not separated from the Phase 2 cumulative figure" ], "last_checked": "2026-09-26", "review_state": "verified", "history": [], "review": { "author_model": "claude-opus-5-5", "reviewer_model": "gpt-6-astra", "reviewer_run": "research/review/astra-events-20260926.json", "date": "2026-09-26", "sources_reopened": [ 0 ], "edits_applied": 0, "base_record_sha256": "a870acfb7865b66df7d97f9b1df21da79e43dc36f726a784c4bde15e12f25c4d" } }, { "stable_id": "evt-lunar-resources-government-award-2024", "name": "NASA SBIR Phase I award to Lunar Resources for IMMORTAL molten regolith electrolysis anode", "summary": "NASA awarded Lunar Resources a USD 149,999 SBIR Phase I contract for a long-life anode for molten regolith electrolysis to extract oxygen and metals from lunar regolith.", "event_type": "government_award", "date": { "value": "2024", "precision": "year" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-lunar-resources" ], "related_ids": [ "org-nasa" ], "counterparty_id": "org-nasa", "amount": 149999, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": "SBIR Phase I", "investor_names": [], "resources": [ { "resource": "oxygen", "evidence_level": "claimed" }, { "resource": "metals_general", "evidence_level": "claimed" } ], "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "SBIR.gov award listing.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sbir.gov/portfolio/1543219", "title": "LUNAR RESOURCES, INC. - Company Portfolio Data", "publisher": "U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": null, "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "(IMMORTAL) Amount: $149,999 Topic: Z12", "quote_confirmed_raw": 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Lunar Outpost states NASA paid $0.10 on completion of the contract's Concept Review (August 2021) and that its MAPP rover on Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Lunar Voyage 1) was to make the collection; the lander came to rest on its side on 6 March 2025 and MAPP could not be deployed, so no collection occurred.", "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "Dated act recorded in the cited primary source.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Selects Companies to Collect Lunar Resources for Artemis Demonstrations (Release 20-118, 3 December 2020)", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "NASA has selected four companies to collect space resources and transfer ownership to the agency: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Japan of Tokyo.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "subject_ids", "date" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Release 20-118 - selection details", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "Lunar Outpost proposed collection for $1 following arrival of a lander to the lunar South Pole in 2023.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "amount" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.lunaroutpost.com/post/lunar-outpost-becomes-first-company-to-receive-payment-for-space-resources", "title": "Lunar Outpost Becomes First Company to Receive Payment for Space Resources (23 August 2021)", "publisher": "Lunar Outpost", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2021-08-23", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "NASA administrator Bill Nelson presented a check for $0.10 to Lunar Outpost CEO, Justin Cyrus, for the successful completion of the Concept Review for that contract.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.lunaroutpost.com/post/lunar-outpost-to-launch-first-mission-to-explore-the-moon-s-surface-advancing-a-sustainable-human-p", "title": "Lunar Outpost to Launch First Mission to Explore the Moon's Surface (26 February 2025)", "publisher": "Lunar Outpost", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2025-02-26", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "execute the first sale of space resources with NASA through regolith collection", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.lunaroutpost.com/post/lunar-voyage-1-update", "title": "Lunar Voyage 1 Update (7 March 2025)", "publisher": "Lunar Outpost", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2025-03-07", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "The Nova-C lander ended up on its side with MAPP's garage wedged upside down under the lander, preventing MAPP's deployment to the lunar surface.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" } ], "confidence": "high", "missing_evidence": [ "Whether the contract remains open for a later Lunar Outpost mission is not stated in any retrieved source.", "No mission record exists here for Lunar Outpost Lunar Voyage 1 / MAPP on IM-2." ], "last_checked": "2026-09-25", "history": [], "review_state": "verified", "event_type": "contract", "date": { "value": "2020-12-03", "precision": "day" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-lunar-outpost" ], "related_ids": [ "msn-lunar-outpost-mapp-im2" ], "counterparty_id": "org-nasa", "amount": 1, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [ { "resource": "regolith", "evidence_level": "targeted" } ], "review": { "author_model": "claude-opus-5-5", "reviewer_model": "claude-sonnet-5", "reviewer_run": "research/review/legal-and-authorizations.json", "date": "2026-09-26", "sources_reopened": true, "edits_applied": 0 } }, { "stable_id": "evt-ispace-europe-contract-20201203", "name": "NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to ispace Europe, $5,000", "summary": "NASA selected ispace Europe (Luxembourg) to collect lunar regolith and transfer ownership in place to NASA for $5,000. ispace states ispace EUROPE met interim milestones and received a payment in September 2022. The collection was planned with the TENACIOUS rover on Mission 2 under Luxembourg's authorisation; the lander was lost in a likely hard landing on 6 June 2025 and ispace concluded the mission, so no collection took place.", "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "Dated act recorded in the cited primary source.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Selects Companies to Collect Lunar Resources for Artemis Demonstrations (Release 20-118, 3 December 2020)", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "NASA has selected four companies to collect space resources and transfer ownership to the agency: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Japan of Tokyo.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "subject_ids", "date" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Release 20-118 - selection details", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "ispace Europe proposed collection for $5,000 following arrival in 2023 of a lander to the lunar South Pole.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "amount" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Release 20-118 - contract terms", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "Companies will receive 10% of their total proposed price upon award, will receive 10% upon launch, and the remaining 80% upon successful completion.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2022/09/22/ispace-receives-interim-payment-on-lunar-regolith-transfer-contract-from-nasa/", "title": "ispace Receives Interim Payment on Lunar Regolith Transfer Contract from NASA (22 September 2022)", "publisher": "ispace, inc.", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2022-09-22", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "The payment is for achieving milestones in the second contract held by ispace EU.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2025/06/06/status-update-on-ispace-mission-2-smbc-x-hakuto-r-venture-moon/", "title": "Status Update on ispace Mission 2 SMBC x HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON (6 June 2025)", "publisher": "ispace, inc.", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2025-06-06", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "It has been decided to conclude the mission.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" } ], "confidence": "high", "missing_evidence": [ "Amount of the 2022 milestone payment not stated; current contract status after Mission 2 not stated in any retrieved source." ], "last_checked": "2026-09-25", "history": [], "review_state": "verified", "event_type": "contract", "date": { "value": "2020-12-03", "precision": "day" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-ispace-europe" ], "related_ids": [ "auth-luxembourg-ispace-europe-2024", "msn-ispace-m2-resilience", "msn-ispace-europe-tenacious" ], "counterparty_id": "org-nasa", "amount": 5000, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [ { "resource": "regolith", "evidence_level": "targeted" } ], "review": { "author_model": "claude-opus-5-5", "reviewer_model": "claude-sonnet-5", "reviewer_run": "research/review/legal-and-authorizations.json", "date": "2026-09-26", "sources_reopened": true, "edits_applied": 0 } }, { "stable_id": "evt-ispace-contract-20201203", "name": "NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to ispace (Japan), $5,000", "summary": "NASA selected ispace (Japan) to collect a small amount of lunar regolith and transfer ownership in place to NASA for $5,000 (10% on award, 10% on launch, 80% on completion). The collection attempt under this contract was covered by Japanese permits for Mission 1 (lander lost 26 April 2023) and Mission 2 (lander lost 6 June 2025); no transfer has occurred as far as primary sources show.", "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "Dated act recorded in the cited primary source.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations/", "title": "NASA Selects Companies to Collect Lunar Resources for Artemis Demonstrations (Release 20-118, 3 December 2020)", "publisher": "NASA", "source_class": "government_primary", "published": "2020-12-03", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "NASA has selected four companies to collect space resources and transfer ownership to the agency: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Japan of Tokyo.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "subject_ids", "date" ], 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acquire regolith from the lunar surface and transfer ownership to the space agency.", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2023/05/26/ispace-announces-results-of-the-hakuto-r-mission-1-lunar-landing/", "title": "ispace Announces Results of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Landing (26 May 2023)", "publisher": "ispace, inc.", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2023-05-26", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "Although the lander did not complete a soft landing", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" }, { "url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2025/06/06/status-update-on-ispace-mission-2-smbc-x-hakuto-r-venture-moon/", "title": "Status Update on ispace Mission 2 SMBC x HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON (6 June 2025)", "publisher": "ispace, inc.", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2025-06-06", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "it is currently assumed that the lander likely performed a hard landing on the lunar surface", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "summary" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" } ], "confidence": "high", "missing_evidence": [ "Current status of the contract after the Mission 2 loss (open, modified, or terminated) is not stated in any retrieved NASA or ispace source." ], "last_checked": "2026-09-25", "history": [], "review_state": "verified", "event_type": "contract", "date": { "value": "2020-12-03", "precision": "day" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-ispace" ], "related_ids": [ "auth-japan-ispace-2022", "auth-japan-ispace-2024", "msn-ispace-hakuto-r-m1", "msn-ispace-m2-resilience" ], "counterparty_id": "org-nasa", "amount": 5000, "currency": "USD", "basis": "official_award", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [ { "resource": "regolith", "evidence_level": "targeted" } ], "review": { "author_model": "claude-opus-5-5", "reviewer_model": "claude-sonnet-5", 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"evt-metalysis-government-award-20201106", "name": "ESA contract 4000131940 to Metalysis for FFC oxygen production from regolith (ISRU)", "summary": "Metalysis announced ESA funding under the General Support Technology Programme for 'The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU'; value not disclosed.", "event_type": "government_award", "date": { "value": "2020-11-06", "precision": "day" }, "subject_ids": [ "org-metalysis" ], "related_ids": [ "org-esa" ], "counterparty_id": "org-esa", "amount": null, "currency": null, "basis": "announced", "round_label": null, "investor_names": [], "resources": [ { "resource": "oxygen", "evidence_level": "claimed" } ], "status": "recorded", "status_basis": "Metalysis release (company-announced; ESA page not retrieved). Date is the release date, not the contract signature date.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://metalysis.com/media-release/newest/metalysis-awarded-european-space-agency-development-contract-for-its-ffc-process/", "title": "Metalysis Awarded European Space Agency Development Contract for its FFC Process", "publisher": "Metalysis", "source_class": "company_primary", "published": "2020-11-06", "accessed": "2026-09-25", "quote": "has been awarded European Space Agency (ESA) funding, contract number 4000131940, for its project titled, \"The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU,\"", "quote_confirmed_raw": true, "supports": [ "date", "counterparty_id" ], "language": "en", "translation": "none" } ], "confidence": "medium", "missing_evidence": [ "ESA-side record of contract 4000131940 and its value not retrieved." ], "history": [], "last_checked": "2026-09-26", "review_state": "verified", "review": { "author_model": "claude-opus-5-5", "reviewer_model": "gpt-6-astra", "reviewer_run": "research/review/astra-events-20260926.json", "date": "2026-09-26", "sources_reopened": [ 0 ], "edits_applied": 0, "base_record_sha256": "e14340891a51fcf833bc2475a5584521cf96c0a3de4daaa9cb393f7c0fb40477" } }, { "status": "recorded", "stable_id": "evt-ispace-funding-round-20200820", "name": "ispace Series B round (approx. 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