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- 2026-11-07
NASA selects eight companies for CLPS 2 lunar deliveries ($10 billion combined maximum)
NASA selected eight companies as eligible to compete for future lunar surface delivery missions under CLPS 2: Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, ispace-U.S., Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, SpaceX and Voyager Technologies. CLPS 2 is a 10-year, multiple-award master contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion; that maximum is a ceiling, not money awarded to any company. NASA also raised the current CLPS contract's value from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
NASA selected eight companies for the next phase of its CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The companies are eligible to compete for future lunar surface delivery missions under the new CLPS 2 contract: Blue Origin Firefly Aerospace Intuitive Machines ispace-U.S. Lockheed Martin Space Northrop Grumman Space Systems SpaceX Voyager Technologies
The CLPS 2 framework is a 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity master contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion.
NASA increased the value of the current CLPS 1.0 contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion to support initial Phase One Moon Base objectives.
- NASA's release names no CLPS 2 task order. Lockheed Martin Space and Northrop Grumman Space Systems have no record in this dataset, so they are named here and not linked.
- 2026-11-07
NASA award to Blue Origin to deliver the PROMISE rover ($94 million base)
NASA awarded Blue Origin a $94 million base contract to deliver the PROMISE rover to the lunar South Pole, with an option period worth an additional $140 million based on performance. NASA says the award expands the task order awarded in May 2026 to deliver two lunar terrain vehicles.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
NASA awarded Blue Origin a $94 million base contract, with an option period worth an additional $140 million based on performance to deliver PROMISE to the lunar South Pole.
The award expands the task order awarded in May 2026 to deliver two lunar terrain vehicles to the Moon.
The PROMISE rover will carry a drill to extract regolith, or lunar dust, to characterize ice and other resources from approximately 3 feet (1 meter) below the surface
- The release gives no task-order number or delivery date for this award.
- 2026-10-28
Vietnam signs the Artemis Accords, the 78th signatory
Vietnam's Minister of Science and Technology signed the Artemis Accords in Ha Long on 28 October 2026, making Vietnam the 78th signatory. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment; Section 10 addresses space resource extraction.
Sources (5)
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam became the 78th nation to sign the Artemis Accords
Vietnam’s Minister of Science and Technology Vũ Hải Quân signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of the country during the Vietnam International Digital Week in Ha Long.
78 Vietnam 10/28/2026
The Signatories affirm that the extraction of space resources does not inherently constitute national appropriation under Article II of the Outer Space Treaty, and that contracts and other legal instruments relating to space resources should be consistent with that Treaty.
The Accords represent a political commitment to the principles described herein
- 2026-10-27
eXaminArt NASA SBIR Phase II contract for the Lunar Materials Analyzer
NASA definitive contract 80NSSC27C0051, signed 2026-10-27, is titled as a Phase II SBIR for the Lunar Materials Analyzer (LuMA). The performance period on the snapshot is 2026-11-04 through 2028-11-03. The snapshot records $1,265,027 obligated and the same amount for the base contract plus all options. It does not report a total outlay. Separate account-level obligation and outlay fields both show zero; their relationship to the award totals was not established. The obligation is not evidence of payment.
Sources (8) and evidence gaps
"description":"PHASE II SBIR - LUNAR MATERIALS ANALYZER (LUMA)"
"date_signed":"2026-10-27"
"start_date":"2026-11-04"
"total_obligation":1265027.0
"total_account_outlay":0
"total_outlay":null
"base_and_all_options":1265027.0
"total_account_obligation":0
- The award total and the separate account-level totals are different reported fields; their relationship was not established. A missing total outlay is not a reported zero payment. Technical fields in the snapshot: total_obligation=1265027.0; base_and_all_options=1265027.0; total_account_obligation=0; total_account_outlay=0; total_outlay=null.
- No Phase II technical abstract or report was captured, so the title is not evidence that a regolith analyzer has been built.
- 2026-10-19
Uzbekistan signs the Artemis Accords, the 77th signatory
Uzbekistan signed the Artemis Accords at a ceremony in Samarkand on 19 October 2026, becoming the 77th signatory. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment; Section 10 addresses space resource extraction.
Sources (4)
The Republic of Uzbekistan became the 77th signatory of the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Samarkand on Monday
77 Uzbekistan 10/19/2026
The Signatories affirm that the extraction of space resources does not inherently constitute national appropriation under Article II of the Outer Space Treaty, and that contracts and other legal instruments relating to space resources should be consistent with that Treaty.
The Accords represent a political commitment to the principles described herein
- 2026-09-30
NASA selects three PRISM payload suites for Moon Base, including the DISCO lunar-ice instrument
NASA selected three lunar-surface investigations through its PRISM program to fly on future CLPS deliveries. One, DISCO (principal investigator at NASA Ames), is meant to make on-the-ground measurements of ice in lunar micro-cold traps. The release names no lander, delivery date or award value.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost, Moon Base.
The DISCO payload will provide the first direct, on-the-ground measurements of ice hidden in lunar micro-cold traps and also will lay the groundwork for lunar resource utilization and surface operations.
selected through NASA’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) program and will fly to the lunar surface using the CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative
- The release names no lander, CLPS task order, delivery date or dollar value for the three payload suites.
- 2026-09-28
AeroFly NASA Phase II contract for auger-based lunar water-vapor extraction
The federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC26C0090, signed 2026-09-28, for sbir phase ii continuous auger-based water vapor extraction from icy lunar regolith. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 1,274,996 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
SBIR PHASE II CONTINUOUS AUGER-BASED WATER VAPOR EXTRACTION FROM ICY LUNAR REGOLITH
AEROFLY LLC
"total_obligation":1274996.0
"date_signed":"2026-09-28"
"start_date":"2026-09-30","end_date":"2028-09-29"
- The structured amount is left unset because the captured value is cumulative total_obligation, not the amount newly awarded or paid on the original signing date. The attributed snapshot value is preserved in the summary.
- Contract performance and completed technical outcomes are not established by the award record.
- 2026-09-25
Artemis Accords reach 76 signatories after five signings in September 2026
Djibouti (14 September), Albania (21 September), Croatia (23 September), Côte d'Ivoire (24 September) and San Marino (25 September) signed the Artemis Accords, according to NASA's dated list of signatories. Section 10 of the Accords affirms that extracting space resources does not in itself count as national appropriation. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment, not a treaty.
Sources (4)
72 Djibouti 09/14/2026 73 Albania 09/21/2026 74 Croatia 09/23/2026
75 Côte d’Ivoire 09/24/2026 76 San Marino 09/25/2026
The Signatories affirm that the extraction of space resources does not inherently constitute national appropriation under Article II of the Outer Space Treaty, and that contracts and other legal instruments relating to space resources should be consistent with that Treaty.
The Accords represent a political commitment to the principles described herein
- 2026-09-23
Torres Orbital Mining NASA SBIR Phase I contract for a sealed regolith sample-handling intake
The federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase I contract 80NSSC26C0357, signed 2026-09-23, for a non-ejective intake bit: a dual-stage sealed architecture for contamination-controlled lunar and planetary regolith sample handling. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 214,143 in total obligations and no reported outlay (total_outlay is null); this is not a payment total, a flight or a test result.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
SBIR PHASE I NON-EJECTIVE INTAKE BIT (NIB): A DUAL-STAGE SEALED ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTAMINATION-CONTROLLED LUNAR AND PLANETARY REGOLITH SAMPLE HANDLING
"recipient_name":"TORRES ORBITAL MINING INC"
"date_signed":"2026-09-23"
"start_date":"2026-09-30","end_date":"2027-03-30"
"total_obligation":214143.0
"total_outlay":null
- The structured amount is left unset because the captured value is the cumulative total_obligation at capture, not an amount established as paid; the attributed snapshot value is in the summary.
- Contract performance and technical outcomes are not established by the award record.
- 2026-09-14
Luxembourg Space Agency leadership change
Ruy Pinto took office as interim CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency on 14 September 2026 following the departure of long-time CEO Marc Serres.
Sources (1)
Ruy Pinto officially took office as interim CEO on Monday, September 14, 2026.
- 2026-09-14
Interlune SAFE offering (Form D signed 2026-09-14)
Interlune's Form D notice signed 2026-09-14 reports $5,000,000 sold of a $5,000,000 SAFE offering, with 1 reported investor and a first sale dated 2026-08-31. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
Total Offering Amount $5,000,000 USD
Total Amount Sold $5,000,000 USD
Date of First Sale 2026-08-31
Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs)
2026-09-14
enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 1
- Later sales, current cash balance and the relationship to other notices are not established here; do not add this amount to other funding figures as a cumulative total. Investor identities and any look-through beneficial owners are not established by the reported investor count.
- 2026-09-09
ispace bank loan from Shizuoka Bank (3 billion yen)
ispace announced a board resolution for a 3 billion yen (about USD 19 million) three-year unsecured loan from Shizuoka Bank for working capital, with borrowing scheduled for September 2026.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
a resolution has been made by its Board of Directors to secure approximately $19 Million USD (¥3 Billion JPY) in new financing as part of a loan agreement with Shizuoka Bank.
- Drawdown confirmation not found (borrowing date stated as tentative).
- 2026-08-23
Chang'e-7 cannot launch in its planned 2026 window
A China Manned Space Agency statement, published by CNSA on 23 August 2026, said the Chang'e-7 mission did not meet launch conditions and could not be carried out in that year's planned window. The statement gives no reason and no replacement date.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
China's Chang'e-7 lunar probe does not meet launch conditions, and its launch therefore cannot take place during the planned window this year, the China Manned Space Agency said Sunday.
The assessment was conducted following the principle of prudence, reliability and absolute mission success, the agency said.
据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，本着稳妥可靠、万无一失的原则，经综合研判，嫦娥七号任务不满足发射条件，不能在今年预定窗口实施。
- The CNSA statement gives no cause for the missed launch window.
- The CNSA statement read gives no replacement launch date or window.
- 2026-08-20
Office of Space Commerce invites expressions of interest in a voluntary mission authorization pilot under Executive Order 14335
A Federal Register notice (91 FR 53849) invited U.S. operators of novel in-space activities to express interest, by 5 October 2026, in a pilot of the proposed Space Commerce Certification. The pilot is voluntary and non-binding, a certification granted during the pilot has, on its own, no direct legal effect, and participants must still meet FAA and FCC licensing requirements. The notice does not mention space resources.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
Notice of Mission Authorization Pilot Program
Space operators interested in participating in the SCC framework pilot program must submit expressions of interest no later than October 5, 2026.
This mission authorization pilot process will be voluntary and non- binding on all participants. Grant of an SCC during this pilot phase, on its own, will have no direct legal effect.
participants are still required to independently satisfy all existing regulatory requirements for licensing by the FCC and FAA
Pursuant to Section 5 of Executive Order 14335, ``Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry,'' the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) seeks to implement a streamlined, unified, whole-of- government mission authorization framework for novel in-space activities
- The notice does not say whether resource extraction would count as a novel in-space activity, and no pilot participant or certification has been identified.
- 2026-08-18
Compulsory strike-off notice for Asteroid Mining Corporation Limited
Companies House published a first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off of Asteroid Mining Corporation Limited on 18 August 2026; the strike-off action was suspended on 20 August 2026.
Sources (2)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 2026-08-07
Japan Space Strategy Fund grant to ispace for polar high-precision landing (Mission 4)
ispace announced an 11.6 billion yen grant (ceiling 20 billion yen, subject to stage-gate reviews) under Phase 2 of Japan's Space Strategy Fund, administered by JAXA, for high-precision landing near the lunar south pole on Mission 4; the project was selected on 2026-01-16.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
Grant Amount: 11.6 billion yen The maximum grant amount remains 20 billion yen.
- JAXA-side award record not retrieved.
- The January 2026 selection release called the project Mission 6; the August 2026 award release renumbered it as Mission 4.
- 2026-07-30
Interlune-Vermeer expanded partnership (lunar site-preparation tool)
Interlune and Vermeer announced an expanded partnership and a plan to deliver a mission-ready lunar site-preparation tool by 2028, to be demonstrated first on Earth and then on the Moon.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
Interlune and Vermeer plan to develop, test, and deliver a mission-ready lunar site-preparation tool by 2028, aligning their efforts with NASA's Moon Base program plan.
- 2026-07-24
ESA MAGPIE Phase 2 contract to ispace-EUROPE (EUR 65 million)
ispace-EUROPE announced that ESA awarded it the EUR 65 million Phase 2 contract covering MAGPIE rover and payload development, transport to the lunar surface and surface operations, with ispace-EUROPE as mission prime; the signing was marked at ESA's Space for Inspiration event on 2026-09-01.
Sources (4) and evidence gaps
The contract, valued at €65 million, funds the full remaining delivery of the MAGPIE mission, including rover and payload development, manufacture, testing, transportation to the lunar surface and lunar surface operations.
ESA has agreed to funding the development and flight of MAGPIE, Europe's first lunar polar ice exploration rover, led by ispace-EUROPE
It follows ESA's July 2026 award of the €65 million Phase 2 contract to ispace-EUROPE.
ispace-EUROPE has been awarded a €65 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the development and execution of the MAGPIE mission.
- ESA's own page (esa.int) returned HTTP 403; basis kept as announced rather than official_award.
- 2026-07-21
Karman+ first mission slips to mid-2028 and retargets to Apophis
Karman+ said its first mission's early-2027 launch slipped because its propulsion vendor could not deliver on time, that the new launch slot is mid-2028, and that asteroid 99942 Apophis became its target. In October 2025 the company had said it would launch on SpaceX Transporter-19 in about 15 months.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (4) and evidence gaps
our original launch in early 2027 slipped because our propulsion vendor could not deliver on time
We had to scramble to find a new slot, which ended up being a mid 2028 launch.
We're launching in ~15 months on Transporter 19.
To rendezvous with an uncharacterized near-Earth Asteroid and showcase capturing regolith at kilogram scale, minimizing mission duration and cost.
- Launch provider and vehicle for the mid-2028 slot.
- 2026-07-10
Voyager Technologies acquires Astrobotic
Voyager reported in its June 30, 2026 Form 10-Q that it closed the acquisition of Astrobotic on 2026-07-10. The agreement provided $300 million of undiscounted consideration, comprising $162.2 million base consideration, $9 million assumed debt and $128.8 million contingent consideration; this was not $300 million paid in cash at closing.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close by early July 2026 for up to approximately $300 million, including contingent consideration, payable in a combination of cash and stock.
today announced it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG).
On July 10, 2026, the Company closed the acquisition
100% of the equity securities of Astrobotic for $300.0 million in consideration
- Final acquisition-accounting purchase-price allocation was not available in the June 30, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- 2026-07-09
NASA CLPS CP-12 task order ended; ispace-U.S. subcontract to terminate
ispace disclosed that NASA and Draper mutually ended CLPS task order CP-12 effective 2026-07-09 (U.S. Mountain Time); ispace-U.S.'s subcontract with Draper to provide the lander is expected to be terminated.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
On July 9, 2026 (U.S. Mountain Time), the mutual end of the contract related to CLPS* Task Order CP-12 entered into between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") and The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. ("Draper") was effectuated.
Draper has mutually agreed with NASA to end the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order CP-12.
While the termination of CP-12 is a negative, we view the major business opportunities we are now focusing on as extremely positive.
- Draper is not recorded as an organization here, so no counterparty is linked. The final subcontract termination notice was not found.
- 2026-07
UN COPUOS working group issues consolidated draft principles for space resource activities
The chair and vice-chair of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee's Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities issued a consolidated draft set of initial recommended principles, which the draft itself calls non-binding. It says extraction in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty does not inherently constitute national appropriation. Nothing has been adopted; the working group's plan targets finalization in 2027.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
Consolidated Draft Set of Initial Recommended Principles for Space Resource Activities July 2026
- [2]Consolidated draft set of initial recommended principles for space resource activities (July 2026)
Recognizing that these Principles are non-binding and do not create new legal rights or obligations
- [3]Consolidated draft set of initial recommended principles for space resource activities (July 2026)
The extraction of space resources in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty does not inherently constitute national appropriation of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies.
2027: (a) Finalization of a set of initial recommended principles for such activities for the consideration of and consensus agreement by the Committee
the Committee noted that a consolidated draft set of initial recommended principles for space resource activities would be prepared by the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Working Group
- The UNOOSA page gives only the month of the consolidated draft, not a day.
- No outcome document is posted for the 24 September or 22 October 2026 intersessional meetings.
- 2026-05-26
NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Phase 1 task order to Lunar Outpost ($220 million)
NASA awarded Lunar Outpost $220 million under the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract to build and deliver its Pegasus rover, aiming for deployment by 2028; this is a mobility award, not a resource contract.
Sources (2)
NASA has awarded Astrolab $219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million to build and deliver the first phase of LTVs.
today announced that NASA has selected the company as one of two providers for a High Achievability Mission task order under its Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract.
- 2026-05-14
TransAstra CRADA with the US Air Force Academy
TransAstra announced a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Air Force Academy to advance technologies for finding, capturing, and processing asteroids.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
announced the execution of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Air Force Academy Dean of Faculty (USAFA/DF)
- Air Force Academy confirmation of the CRADA.
- US Air Force Academy has no entity record; counterparty named in summary only.
- 2026-05-13
ispace - University of Leicester payload service agreement for a lunar Raman spectrometer
ispace announced a payload service agreement to carry a University of Leicester Raman spectrometer, intended to determine lunar surface molecular composition and identify resources, on a future ULTRA lander mission not yet assigned.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The instrument will analyse the lunar surface to determine its molecular composition and identify resources that could support future human exploration missions.
The specific mission assignment has not yet been determined.
- University of Leicester is not recorded as an organization here, so no counterparty is linked.
- 2026-05-07
Lunar Outpost $30 million Series B
Lunar Outpost announced a $30 million Series B led by Industrious Ventures.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
today announced a $30M Series B led by Industrious Ventures, with participation from Type One Ventures , Eniac Ventures , Promus Ventures , Reliable Equity, and others.
- 2026-03-27
ispace ULTRA lander integration and mission renumbering
ispace announced it would merge the APEX 1.0 and Series 3 designs into the ULTRA lander with a new engine, renumbering its missions: Mission 3 (formerly 4) planned for 2028, Mission 4 (formerly 6) for 2029, and the ispace-U.S. CP-12 mission becoming Mission 5 with a proposed 2030 launch pending NASA approval.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (3)
The ULTRA lunar lander, which will include a new engine-a change from the previous vendor-will be used in each of ispace's next missions, resulting in a mission shift and schedule update for ispace-U.S.'s first mission, now expected in 2030.
Mission 4: Lunar Lander launch, 2029 (formerly Mission 6)
Mission 3: Lunar Lander launch, 2028 (formerly Mission 4) This mission is currently under development by ispace Japan funded through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant
- 2026-03-27
NASA CLPS award to Intuitive Machines for a 2030 south-pole delivery ($180.4 million)
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines $180.4 million to deliver seven payloads to the south polar region, targeted for 2030, including volatile- and ice-measuring instruments.
Sources (2)
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar surface
MSolo measures low molecular weight volatiles, which can be used as resources on the lunar surface.
- 2026-03-03
Interlune-Astrolab excavation integration study
Interlune and Astrolab announced a completed concept study to integrate Interlune excavation hardware on Astrolab's FLEX rover, with hardware testing planned in Houston.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
today announced they are working together to integrate Interlune excavation technology onto the Astrolab Flexible Logistics and Exploration Vehicle (FLEX), and are planning hardware testing in Houston
- 2026-02-24
NASA SBIR Phase III contract to Interlune for Prospect Moon
NASA awarded Interlune SBIR Phase III contract 80NSSC26C0002 ($6,893,204, signed 2026-02-24) for 'Prospect Moon', a lunar resource technology demonstration and prospecting payload; NASA announced the award in May 2026.
Sources (2)
"total_obligation":6893204.0,"subaward_count":0,"total_subaward_amount":null,"date_signed":"2026-02-24"
To advance ISRU technologies, NASA has awarded a firm-fixed-price contract of $6.9 million over the next year and a half to Interlune of Seattle
- 2026-02-10
JAXA Space Strategy Fund grant decision for the University of Tokyo's LUNAR-RABBIT instruments
The University of Tokyo reports that a grant under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund (second round) was decided on 10 February 2026 for its project to develop flight models of water and metal-element exploration instruments and to measure lunar resource amounts. JAXA's project page lists the selection notice and publication date separately, as 10 October 2025. No amount is stated.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
本事業において、2026年2月10 日に交付が決定しました
国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）が公募する「宇宙戦略基金事業（第二期）」
採択通知・公表日 2025-10-10
代表機関名 国立大学法人東京大学
資源探査に必要な主要元素(H，Fe，Ti，Al，Mg，Ca，Si，K，Naなど)の濃度と鉱物組成（水氷、チタン鉄鉱、輝石、カンラン石など）を月面で最高10µmの分解能で計測する
- No grant amount or currency is stated in the sources reviewed.
- 2026-01-28
Interlune SAFE offering (Form D signed 2026-01-28)
Interlune's Form D notice signed 2026-01-28 reports $500,000 sold of a $5,000,000 SAFE offering, with 6 reported investors and a first sale dated 2026-01-13. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
Total Offering Amount $5,000,000 USD
Total Amount Sold $500,000 USD
Date of First Sale 2026-01-13
Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs)
2026-01-28
enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 6
- Later sales, current cash balance and the relationship to other notices are not established here; do not add this amount to other funding figures as a cumulative total. Investor identities and any look-through beneficial owners are not established by the reported investor count.
- 2026-01-27
NASA STTR Phase I contract to Interlune (lunar trenching)
NASA awarded Interlune STTR Phase I contract 80NSSC26C0029 ($150,000, signed 2026-01-27) for a scalable lunar trenching implement, with the Colorado School of Mines; Interlune announced it on 2026-02-04.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
STTR PHASE I SCALABLE IMPLEMENT FOR LUNAR TRENCHING
The $150,000 contract will focus on developing analytical models, engineering standards, and testing hardware to inform the future design of Interlune's multipurpose lunar trenching and excavation technology.
- USAspending also lists an earlier record with the same title (80NSSC25C0229, $0, 2025-09-29); relationship not explained
2025
- 2025-12-05
ispace announces planned conclusion of the HAKUTO-R program
On 2025-12-05, ispace announced that its HAKUTO-R program, begun in September 2018 and covering Missions 1 and 2, was expected to conclude on 2025-12-07 upon expiration of contracts with all 22 partner companies.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
the HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program launched in September 2018, will conclude upon the expiration of contracts with all 22 partner companies on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.
- 2025-12-04
ispace - Kurita Water Industries strategic partnership on lunar water resources
ispace announced a strategic partnership agreement with Kurita Water Industries on business models, payload development and demonstration planning for lunar water resources, following a March 2025 MoU to carry a Kurita water-processing test device on an ispace mission after 2027.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
have signed a strategic partnership agreement to create business opportunities focused on water resources and building supply infrastructure on the lunar surface in the future.
This agreement memorializes cooperation to transport a water processing system to the lunar surface to conduct demonstration tests on an ispace lunar mission after 2027.
- Kurita Water Industries is not recorded as an organization here, so no counterparty is linked.
- 2025-10-06
ispace public offering and third-party allotments (18.2 billion yen)
ispace resolved on 2025-10-06 to issue new shares through a public offering and third-party allotments, including about 2 billion yen from Kurita Water Industries and about 3 billion yen from Takasago Thermal Engineering; ispace later reported the October-November 2025 capital increase as 18.2 billion yen.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
The investment amount from Kurita Water Industries will be approximately ¥2 billion.
The investment amount from Takasago Thermal Engineering will be approximately ¥3 billion.
Net Assets: 15,173 million yen Increased compared to the end of the previous fiscal year due to a capital increase (18.2 billion yen) carried out in October-November 2025.
- TSE timely disclosure 'Notice Regarding the Issuance of New Shares through a Public Offering and Third-Party Allotment' not retrieved; public-offering tranche amount not separated.
- 2025-10-06
ispace-EUROPE to provide MSOLO rover services for Magna Petra (USD 22 million PSA)
ispace-EUROPE announced a USD 22 million payload service agreement with Magna Petra to integrate NASA's MSOLO mass spectrometer on an ispace-EUROPE micro-rover for Magna Petra's HALO helium-3 reconnaissance mission; the release placed the rover on ispace-U.S.'s APEX 1.0 lander (then 'Mission 3').
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
ispace-EUROPE and Magna Petra Corp. sign total amount of $22 million USD Payload Service Agreement (PSA) to carry NASA’s MSOLO instrument to the lunar surface on the Mission 3 rover.
ispace-EUROPE will integrate a NASA-developed Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument into its upcoming Mission 3 lunar micro-rover platform as part of Magna Petra's Helium Availability of Lunar Origin (HALO) reconnaissance mission.
The Mission 3 rover will fly on ispace technologies U.S.' (ispace-U.S.) APEX 1.0. lunar lander
This brings the total contract value for Mission 3 to $86 million USD, up from $64 million USD.
today announced the execution of a $22 million Payload Service Agreement (PSA) with ispace-EUROPE S.A.
- Which ispace mission now carries the MSOLO rover after the March 2026 renumbering and the July 2026 CP-12 termination is not stated.
- TSE timely-disclosure PDF not retrieved; payment terms and the effect of the March 2026 mission re-plan on this contract not disclosed.
- 2025-09-25
ispace - ElevationSpace MoU on a private lunar sample return mission
ispace announced an MoU with ElevationSpace to pursue a private mission returning a lunar sample to Earth, combining a planned ispace orbital transfer vehicle with ElevationSpace's re-entry capsule; no mission date was given.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue a private mission that will return a lunar sample to Earth.
- ElevationSpace is not recorded as an organization here, so no counterparty is linked.
- 2025-09-23
NASA CCRPP contract to scale TransAstra Capture Bag to 10 meters
TransAstra announced a $2.5 million NASA Civil Commercial Research and Products Program contract, matched by $2.5 million in private investment, to scale its Capture Bag from 1 to 10 meters; the company says the 10-meter bag could enclose small asteroids for mining.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by NASA's Civil Commercial Research and Products Program (CCRPP) to scale its inflatable Capture Bag system from 1 to 10 meters in diameter
This CCRPP award is matched by $2.5 million in private investment
- NASA-side record of the award (company announcement only).
- 2025-09-23
NASA SBIR Phase I contract for Exploration Technology Group peroxide generation
USAspending identifies NASA contract 80NSSC25C0203, signed 2025-09-23, for SBIR Phase I work on a high-test peroxide generation system for monopropellant production from lunar water and oxygen. Captured on 2026-11-02, total_obligation and total_outlay are both 149330.0. That match is a federal-record snapshot, not a technical result or a separate proof of payment.
Sources (7) and evidence gaps
"description":"SBIR 1 HIGH-TEST PEROXIDE GENERATION SYSTEM FOR SCALABLE IN-SITU MONOPROPELLANT PRODUCTION FROM LUNAR WATER AND OXYGEN"
"date_signed":"2025-09-23"
"start_date":"2025-09-29"
"end_date":"2026-05-15"
"total_obligation":149330.0
"total_outlay":149330.0
"recipient_uei":"WTCDZLW2RV15"
- The structured amount is left unset. The captured total_obligation and total_outlay are equal snapshot fields on one award record, not a separately reviewed payment instrument.
- No technical report was captured, so obligation and outlay figures do not show that a bench prototype was built.
- 2025-09-19
NASA CLPS task order to Blue Origin for VIPER delivery
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. NASA gives a total potential value of $190 million.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The CLPS task order has a total potential value of $190 million.
NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the Moon's South Pole region.
- Amount is total potential value including an option; exercise of the delivery option not confirmed
- 2025-09-16
Bluefors agreement to buy lunar helium-3 from Interlune
Interlune and Bluefors announced that Bluefors agreed to buy up to 10,000 liters of helium-3 a year for delivery from 2028 to 2037; both companies published the release. Interlune later described it as a purchase of more than $300 million of helium-3. Nothing has been delivered.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
has agreed to purchase up to ten thousand liters of helium-3 annually, for delivery from 2028 to 2037
has agreed to purchase up to ten thousand liters of helium-3 annually, for delivery from 2028 to 2037
Last September, Interlune announced an agreement with quantum technology refrigeration company Bluefors for the purchase of more than $300 million of helium-3
- Contract value is a company characterisation ('more than $300 million'), not a disclosed contract figure
- 2025-09-10
Blue Alchemist completes critical design review
Blue Origin announced that Blue Alchemist completed its critical design review and that the next phase is an autonomous demonstration in a simulated lunar environment in 2026. Company-stated milestone; no independent confirmation.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
The CDR success confirms Blue Alchemist is ready for its next phase: autonomous demonstration in a simulated lunar environment in 2026.
- 2025-09-08
eXaminArt NASA SBIR Phase I contract for the Lunar Materials Analyzer
NASA definitive contract 80NSSC25C0201, signed 2025-09-08, is titled as an SBIR I Lunar Materials Analyzer (LuMA). The performance period on the snapshot is 2025-09-29 through 2026-03-27. total_obligation and total_outlay on that snapshot are both 149491.0. The outlay field is the reported outlay on the award record, not a separate payment voucher. The NASA Phase I abstract describes a proposed regolith-composition monitor and concept work. It does not state this dollar figure.
Sources (7) and evidence gaps
"description":"SBIR I LUNAR MATERIALS ANALYZER (LUMA)"
"date_signed":"2025-09-08"
"end_date":"2026-03-27"
"total_obligation":149491.0
"total_outlay":149491.0
The Phase I research will focus on concept refinement and demonstration of feasibility
elemental composition of a lunar regolith feedstock
- The structured amount is left unset. Equal obligation and outlay fields on one snapshot are not a reviewed payment instrument.
- The federal description says SBIR I. The record name uses Phase I, which is the company homepage's wording for that award.
- The abstract's feasibility sentence is a plan for the Phase I effort, not a result.
- 2025-09-02
Texas Space Commission grant to Interlune (regolith simulant center)
Interlune announced on 2025-09-02 a grant of up to $4.84 million from the Texas Space Commission to develop lunar regolith simulants at a Houston-area research center. The commission’s own release confirms the award, which reimburses eligible expenditures.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
has been awarded up to $4.84 million in a grant from the Texas Space Commission (TSC) to develop and test highly specialized simulants of Moon dirt, or regolith
grant of up to $4.84 million has been awarded to Interlune Corporation
- Government release has no visible publication date; September 2 is the dated company announcement, not an independently established award-signature date.
- 2025-08-26
AFWERX SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract to Interlune (helium-3 separation)
The Department of the Air Force awarded Interlune contract FA864925P0440 ($1,249,990, signed 2025-08-26) to separate helium-3 from domestic helium; Interlune announced it on 2025-11-19. Terrestrial helium, not lunar.
Sources (2)
"total_obligation":1249990.0,"subaward_count":0,"total_subaward_amount":null,"date_signed":"2025-08-26"
selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25M focused on new technology to separate helium-3 from domestic helium
- 2025-08-11
Safran to supply electric propulsion for AstroForge's Vestri mission
Safran Defense & Space announced it was selected by AstroForge to deliver two EPS X00 electric propulsion systems for the Vestri asteroid mission, then scheduled for early 2026.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
- [1]Safran DSI to Supply Electric Propulsion Systems for AstroForge's Upcoming Vestri Asteroid Mission
has been selected by AstroForge to manufacture and deliver two EPS
- Contract value not disclosed.
- Safran has no entity record; counterparty named in summary only.
- 2025-08-06
Firefly Aerospace IPO pricing announcement (19,296,000 shares at USD 45)
Firefly Aerospace announced pricing on 6 August 2025 of 19,296,000 IPO shares at USD 45 per share. The recorded USD 868,320,000 is shares multiplied by price, before fees and any underwriter option; it is not confirmed net or completed proceeds. Trading was expected on 7 August and closing on 8 August, subject to customary conditions.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 19,296,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $45.00 per share
The shares are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq Global Market on August 7, 2025 under the ticker symbol “FLY,”
- Closing confirmation and over-allotment exercise not confirmed from an SEC filing.
- 2025-08-05
Interlune payload agreement with Astrolab (FLIP rover)
Interlune and Astrolab announced that an Interlune multispectral camera for estimating helium-3 will fly on Astrolab's FLIP rover on an upcoming lunar mission, which Interlune described as its first lunar mission.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
today announced that an Interlune payload will fly on Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover on its upcoming mission to the Moon
- 2025-08-01
AeroFly NASA Phase II contract for vertical lunar-regolith conveyance
The federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC25C0087, signed 2025-08-01, for phase ii sbir vertical lunar regolith conveyance for in-situ resource utilization. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 898,925 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
PHASE II SBIR VERTICAL LUNAR REGOLITH CONVEYANCE FOR IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION
AEROFLY LLC
"total_obligation":898925.0
"date_signed":"2025-08-01"
"start_date":"2025-08-05","end_date":"2027-08-05"
- The structured amount is left unset because the captured value is cumulative total_obligation, not the amount newly awarded or paid on the original signing date. The attributed snapshot value is preserved in the summary.
- Contract performance and completed technical outcomes are not established by the award record.
- 2025-06-23
ASI and OHB Italia announce the ORACLE payload contract
On 23 June 2025 the Italian Space Agency and OHB Italia announced that they had signed an industrial contract for ORACLE, under which OHB Italia, as prime contractor, is to design, build and test a lunar oxygen-extraction payload over forty months, up to the flight model. No contract value is given.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
L’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana e OHB Italia hanno siglato un contratto industriale
Nel corso dei prossimi quaranta mesi, OHB Italia sarà responsabile della progettazione, costruzione e testing
OHB Italia guiderà il progetto in qualità di Prime Contractor
Roma, 23 giugno 2025
per rendere accessibile l’ossigeno presente in forma di ossidi contenuti nel suolo lunare
- No contract value or currency is stated.
- The signing date is not stated separately from the announcement.
- 2025-06-03
ESA MAGPIE pre-Phase A and Phase 1 contracts to ispace-EUROPE (EUR 2.695 million aggregate)
ispace-EUROPE announced a Phase 1 extension of its ESA pre-Phase A contract (awarded 2024-12-12) for the MAGPIE polar-ice rover mission; the two phases total EUR 2,695,000.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
ispace's MAGPIE concept was selected and awarded a pre-phase A contract on Dec. 12, 2024. Under the Phase 1 extension agreement, ispace-EUROPE will collaborate with ESA on the implementation of the lunar exploration mission. In aggregate, the value of the contracts for the two phases is €2,695,000
- ESA-side contract record not retrieved.
- 2025-05-09
ispace-U.S. Mission 3 moved from 2026 to no earlier than 2027
ispace-U.S. announced an engine change to Agile Space Industries' VoidRunner for its APEX 1.0 lander and moved its Mission 3 (Team Draper CP-12) launch from 2026 to no earlier than 2027.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
The changes required engineering accommodation, leading to an update of the Mission 3 launch schedule from 2026 to 2027 for a successful lunar landing.
- 2025-05-09
ispace - Takasago Thermal Engineering MoU on lunar thermal mining feasibility
ispace announced an MoU with Takasago Thermal Engineering for a feasibility study toward demonstrating Takasago's thermal-mining water-extraction technology, still in research and development, on a future ispace rover.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
The agreement aims to conduct a feasibility study for joint technology development with the goal of demonstrating the extraction of water on the Moon.
- The feasibility agreement does not establish completed thermal extraction or a committed flight.
- 2025-05-07
Maybell Quantum agreement to buy lunar helium-3 from Interlune
Interlune announced that Maybell Quantum agreed to buy thousands of liters of helium-3 for yearly delivery from 2029 to 2035, for dilution refrigerators. Nothing has been delivered.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
has agreed to purchase thousands of liters of helium-3 for yearly delivery from 2029 to 2035
- Counterparty (Maybell Quantum) statement not raw-checked on its own site; contract value not disclosed
- 2025-05-07
US DOE Isotope Program agreement to buy lunar helium-3 from Interlune
Interlune announced that the DOE Isotope Program agreed to buy three liters of helium-3 harvested from the Moon, delivered on Earth no later than April 2029, at approximately the then-current commercial price. No DOE publication of the agreement was found. Nothing has been delivered.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) has agreed to purchase three liters of helium-3 harvested from the Moon for delivery on Earth at approximately today's commercial market price. The delivery date is no later than April 2029.
Interlune also said it planned to deliver three liters of lunar helium-3 to the U.S. Department of Energy by April 2029.
- No DOE-published record of this purchase agreement found; price not disclosed
- 2025-05-07
Interlune-Vermeer joint development agreement and excavator prototype
Interlune and Vermeer announced a joint development agreement and unveiled a full-scale excavator prototype designed to process 100 metric tons of regolith per hour; Interlune says testing used auxiliary components.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2)
Interlune and Industrial Manufacturer Vermeer Agree to Develop Novel Excavation Equipment and Technology for Use in Space and on Earth
A full-scale prototype of the Interlune excavator, which was developed in partnership with Vermeer. Testing as shown was done with auxiliary components.
- 2025-05-05
NASA reports oxygen from lunar regolith simulant using Lunar Resources' LR-1 reactor
NASA Kennedy reported that its researchers and Lunar Resources ran molten regolith electrolysis in a vacuum chamber with the company's LR-1 reactor, producing and collecting molecular oxygen from about 25 kg of lunar regolith simulant while separating the oxygen from metals in the simulant. This was a ground test on simulant, not lunar material.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
The extraction reactor heated about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of simulated regolith up to a temperature of 3100
- Exact test dates beyond the 5 Dec 2024 photo caption not published.
- 2025-04-11
Luxembourg's OST Article XI notification for ispace EUROPE's lunar activities
Luxembourg informed the UN Secretary-General under OST Art. XI of ispace EUROPE S.A.'s Mission 2 activities (regolith collection for NASA and surface exploration within about 100 m of the landing site), noting the authorisation held under the 2017 space resources law.
Sources (2)
Note verbale dated 11 April 2025 from the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary-General
The mission includes the collection of lunar regolith to fulfil a resources purchase agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America
- 2025-04-02
NASA Kennedy-Magna Petra Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for MSOLO
NASA reported that it signed a reimbursable Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Magna Petra on April 2 (2025) under which a second MSOLO mass spectrometer is to fly on a commercial rover selected by Magna Petra, with Magna Petra reimbursing NASA's integration and operations costs.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
Signed on April 2, the reimbursable agreement is the first of its kind established at NASA Kennedy.
Under the agreement, Magna Petra will reimburse NASA for costs such as supporting MSOLO integration and testing with the rover
- Agreement value not disclosed; year of the 'April 2' signing inferred from the article date (2025-04-28).
- 2025-03-19
Japan's OST Article XI notification for ispace Mission 2
Japan informed the UN Secretary-General under OST Art. XI of ispace Lander Mission 2 (Mare Frigoris, 60.5 N 4.6 W), listing a commercial transaction with NASA for lunar regolith acquisition as a special consideration.
Sources (2)
Note verbale dated 19 March 2025 from the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary- General
Special consideration: commercial transaction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America for lunar regolith acquisition
- 2025-02-19
Karman+ $20 million seed round
Karman+ announced a $20 million seed round led by Plural and Hummingbird to develop its first technology demonstration mission and customer missions.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2)
has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Plural and Hummingbird
The funding, which included participation from HCVC, Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), co-founder Teun van den Dries and angel investors
- 2025
NASA SBIR Phase II award to Lunar Resources for IMMORTAL molten regolith electrolysis anode
SBIR.gov lists a 2025 NASA SBIR Phase II award of USD 849,999 to Lunar Resources for IMMORTAL, a long-life molten regolith electrolysis anode project for oxygen and metal production.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode for Oxygen and Metals Extraction from Lunar Regolith (IMMORTAL) Amount: $849,999 Topic: Z12
- Award date within 2025 not shown on the portfolio page.
2024
- 2024-12-12
Fleet Space A$150M Series D
Fleet Space announced the close of an A$150M Series D led by Teachers' Venture Growth; the round funds its terrestrial ExoSphere exploration platform, and the release also references the SPIDER lunar payload.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
today announced the closing of a A$150M Series D funding round, led by Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG)
- A parallel PR Newswire version states the round as USD 100M; the two figures are the same round in different currencies per press but this was not confirmed from the company page.
- 2024-12-10
ispace - Magna Petra MoU on lunar resource exploration
ispace announced a memorandum of understanding with Magna Petra to collaborate on future missions transporting Magna Petra's helium-3 prospecting and collection equipment to the lunar surface.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2)
have agreed to collaborate on future missions to the lunar surface, the two companies announced.
Under terms of the memorandum of understanding, the two companies have agreed to collaborate on the development of a lunar economy that provides terrestrial economic value via non-destructive, sustainable harvesting of lunar surface resources.
- 2024-11
Lunar Outpost Series A (amount undisclosed)
Lunar Outpost announced a Series A round co-led by Type One Ventures and Industrious Ventures; no amount was disclosed.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
today announced it has raised a Series A funding round, co-led by Type One Ventures (investor in Argo Space and SpaceX ) and Industrious Ventures
- Round amount not disclosed.
- 2024-10-09
ispace and Asteroid Mining Corporation memorandum for lunar robot demonstration
ispace and Asteroid Mining Corporation announced a memorandum of understanding envisioning a future ispace lunar lander delivering AMC's SCAR-E robot to the lunar surface as a technology demonstration; no mission or date was fixed.
Sources (2)
Japanese lunar firm ispace has partnered with Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC), a UK-based space robotics company, to deliver a space robot to the lunar surface
The memorandum of understanding signed by both companies provides a framework for collaboration
- 2024-09-30
Space Lab NASA Phase II EcoMine contract
The federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC24CA217, signed 2024-09-30, for phase ii-ignite - ecomine - bioregenerative mineral mining from lunar regolith. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 899,778 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
PHASE II-IGNITE - ECOMINE - BIOREGENERATIVE MINERAL MINING FROM LUNAR REGOLITH
SPACE LAB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
"total_obligation":899778.0
"date_signed":"2024-09-30"
"start_date":"2024-09-30","end_date":"2027-05-31"
September 1, 2024 Award Start Date September 30, 2026 Award End Date
- The structured amount is left unset because the captured value is cumulative total_obligation, not the amount newly awarded or paid on the original signing date. The attributed snapshot value is preserved in the summary.
- Contract performance and completed technical outcomes are not established by the award record.
- Performance schedules conflict for contract 80NSSC24CA217: SBIR.gov reports 2024-09-01 to 2026-09-30, while the captured federal record reports 2024-09-30 to 2027-05-31. The reason for the discrepancy is unresolved; neither an extension nor completion is inferred.
- 2024-08-23
Starpath Robotics equity offering (Form D signed 2024-08-23)
Starpath Robotics's Form D notice signed 2024-08-23 reports $6,000,000 sold of a $6,000,000 equity offering, with 33 reported investors and a first sale dated 2024-07-18. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
Total Offering Amount $6,000,000 USD
Total Amount Sold $6,000,000 USD
Date of First Sale 2024-07-18
Equity
2024-08-23
enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 33
- Later sales, current cash balance and the relationship to other notices are not established here; do not add this amount to other funding figures as a cumulative total. Investor identities and any look-through beneficial owners are not established by the reported investor count.
- 2024-07-24
DOE Isotope Program grant to Interlune (terrestrial helium-3 separation)
The DOE awarded Interlune a project grant to separate helium-3 from U.S. natural-gas-derived helium (award DESC0024933, $264,694 obligated, signed 2024-07-24). Interlune announced it on 2024-10-03 as a $365,000 grant. This concerns terrestrial helium, not lunar material.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
HELIUM-3 SEPARATION FROM US LIQUID NATURAL GAS-DERIVED HELIUM-4
today announced a $365,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to pursue new technology that would separate Helium-3 from domestic Helium supplies
- Company-announced amount ($365,000) differs from the obligated amount on USAspending ($264,694)
- 2024-07-17
NASA announces intent to discontinue VIPER
NASA announced it would stop VIPER development, citing cost increases, launch delays and the risk of further cost growth, and invited expressions of interest in using the assembled rover at no cost to the government.
Sources (1)
NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch date, and the risks of future cost growth as the reasons to stand down on the mission.
- 2024-06-27
NASA TechFlights grant to Interlune (regolith comminution)
NASA selected Interlune in its 2023 TechFlights round for parabolic-flight tests of a device to pulverize lunar regolith; Interlune announced the grant on 2024-07-16 and reported earlier prototype flight tests. NASA grant 80NSSC24K0805 ('CRUMBLE', $348,008), signed 2024-06-27, appears to correspond to that selection based on its description and solicitation prefix.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
"total_obligation":348008.0,"date_signed":"2024-06-27"
A device designed to pulverize lunar regolith into a material useful for mineral extraction, propulsion, life support, and construction on the Moon.
today announced that it received a grant through NASA's TechFlights solicitation to advance its proprietary technology to beneficiate lunar soil, or regolith
- The link between award 80NSSC24K0805 and the TechFlights selection is inferred from matching descriptions (the award ID prefix 23-23FOF1 indicates the Flight Opportunities 2023 solicitation)
- 2024-06
Starpath places second in NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge
NASA reports Starpath won a 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.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
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.
- Prize for the finale placement itself not separated from the Phase 2 cumulative figure
- 2024-02-01
Interlune equity offering (Form D signed 2024-02-01)
Interlune's Form D notice signed 2024-02-01 reports $15,564,982 sold of a $17,689,981 equity offering, with 18 reported investors and a first sale dated 2024-01-17. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total. Separately, its 13 March 2024 company release describes a recent $15 million round and $18 million in total seed capital; those company figures are not added to, or asserted to equal, this filing amount.
Sources (7) and evidence gaps
Total Offering Amount $17,689,981 USD
Total Amount Sold $15,564,982 USD
Date of First Sale 2024-01-17
Equity
2024-02-01
enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 18
Alexis Ohanian’s venture firm Seven Seven Six led the most recent round of $15 million, adding to previous angel investments.
- Later sales, current cash balance and the relationship to other notices are not established here; do not add this amount to other funding figures as a cumulative total. Investor identities and any look-through beneficial owners are not established by the reported investor count.
- 2024
NASA SBIR Phase I award to Lunar Resources for IMMORTAL molten regolith electrolysis anode
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.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
(IMMORTAL) Amount: $149,999 Topic: Z12
- Award date within 2024 not shown on the portfolio page.
2023
- 2023-12-15
Japan METI SBIR grant funding notice to ispace (12 billion yen)
ispace announced on 2023-12-21 that it received a notice of funding of 12 billion yen (about USD 80 million) on 2023-12-15 under METI’s Small Business Innovation Research program for developing and operating a lunar lander.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
received a notice of funding of $80 million (12 billion Yen) on Dec. 15, 2023, for the Japanese government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant.
Mission 3: Lunar Lander launch, 2028 (formerly Mission 4) This mission is currently under development by ispace Japan funded through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant
- METI's own award record was not retrieved. METI is not recorded as an organization here, so no counterparty is linked.
- 2023-12-05
DARPA selects Helios for the LunA-10 lunar architecture study
DARPA listed Helios among 14 companies selected for its LunA-10 capability study on integrated lunar infrastructure, which DARPA says does not fund hardware construction or transport to the Moon; Firefly Aerospace, Honeybee Robotics and Blue Origin were also selected.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
DARPA has selected the following companies for LunA-10: Blue Origin CisLunar Industries Crescent Space Services LLC Fibertek, Inc. Firefly Aerospace GITAI Helios Honeybee Robotics ICON
LunA-10 will not fund technology construction, transportation to the lunar surface, or integration with lunar delivery vehicles
- Award value per performer not stated.
- 2023-11-08
Firefly agreement to deliver Fleet Space SPIDER to the lunar far side
Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with Fleet Space Technologies to deliver and operate the SPIDER seismic payload on Firefly's second Blue Ghost lunar mission. The November 2023 release then planned that flight for 2026; that historical expectation does not establish the current mission date or completed delivery.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
today announced a new agreement with Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian space exploration firm, to deliver and operate
- Contract value not disclosed.
- 2023-09-20
NSF SBIR Phase I award to Interlune (regolith size sorting)
The National Science Foundation awarded Interlune an SBIR Phase I grant of $246,028 (award 2304616, signed 2023-09-20, performance 2023-10-01 to 2024-06-30) for regolith size-sorting technology for space resource utilization.
Sources (2)
SBIR PHASE I: REGOLITH SIZE SORTING TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE RESOURCE UTILIZATION
In October 2023, Interlune received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to operationalize technology to size and sort lunar regolith.
- 2023-07
NASA Tipping Point award to Blue Origin for Blue Alchemist
NASA selected Blue Origin for a $34.7 million Tipping Point partnership to advance an end-to-end ISRU system designed to extract oxygen, iron, silicon and aluminum from regolith simulant and make solar cells and wire. Blue Origin said in July 2023 that an autonomous demonstration in a simulated lunar environment was expected by 2026.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, $34.7 million The company will advance an end-to-end in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) system that can extract oxygen, iron, silicon, and aluminum from lunar regolith simulant and use the extracted materials to produce solar cells and wire.
Today's investment will result in a demonstration of autonomous operation in a simulated lunar environment by 2026.
- NASA page dated 2023-07-24, Blue Origin release dated 2023-07-25; month precision used
- 2023-06
Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Demonstrator grant to Fleet Space
Fleet Space announced it received an A$4M Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Demonstrator Program grant to develop a lunar geophysical device (SPIDER) to search for water ice.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The Australian Space Agency's Demonstrator Program grant from June 2023, enabling Fleet to build SPIDER
Earlier this year, Fleet was awarded a A$4M grant by the Australian Space Agency for its Moon to Mars: Demonstrator Program
- Australian Space Agency primary record of the grant (space.gov.au refused the raw fetch).
- 2023-05-24
Fleet Space Technologies A$50 million Series C
Fleet Space Technologies announced it had completed a Series C round raising A$50 million, led by existing investor Blackbird, and said the round more than doubled its valuation to above A$350 million.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
of its heavily oversubscribed Series C fundraising round, raising a total of A$50 million.
The new funding is led by Australasian venture capital firm and existing investor Blackbird.
Grok Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Hostplus have also participated in the round.
New investors such as TelstraSuper have further strengthened
as well as highly strategic investments from Bondi Partners / The 1941 Fund and Pavilion Capital.
now surpassing A$350 million
- US dollar equivalent is not stated in the company release (press converted it to about US$33 million)
- 2023-04-12
ispace listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market
ispace announced on 2023-04-12 that its shares had been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market that day.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The date of listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market is scheduled to be April 12, 2023 (Wednesday)
ispace has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market today, April 12, 2023.
- IPO proceeds not recorded; TSE prospectus / securities registration statement not retrieved.
- 2023-02-10
Blue Origin discloses Blue Alchemist (solar cells from regolith simulant)
Blue Origin disclosed Blue Alchemist, stating it had made working solar cells and transmission wire from lunar regolith simulants since 2021 using molten regolith electrolysis. Ground work on simulant only.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
- [1]Blue Alchemist Technology Powers Our Lunar Future (Wayback Machine copy of blueorigin.com news page)
Blue Origin manufactured this working solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants.
- 2023-01-05
Saudi Arabia notifies withdrawal from the Moon Agreement
On 5 January 2023 Saudi Arabia notified the UN Secretary-General of its withdrawal from the Moon Agreement under Art. 20, effective 5 January 2024; party count fell from 18 to 17. It is the only withdrawal recorded by the depositary as of 25 September 2026.
Sources (2)
On 5 January 2023, the Government of Saudi Arabia notified the Secretary-General of its decision to withdraw from the Agreement with effect from 5 January 2024 in accordance with article 20 of the Agreement.
21 Saudi Arabia 07/14/2022
2022
- 2022-11-29
NASA SBIR Phase III award to ICON for Olympus lunar construction system
NASA awarded ICON a SBIR Phase III contract worth $57.2 million, running through 2028, to develop the Olympus construction system designed to use lunar and Martian regolith as building material.
Sources (1)
The new NASA SBIR Phase III award will support the development of ICON's Olympus construction system, which is designed to use local resources on the Moon and Mars as building materials. The contract runs through 2028 and has a value of $57.2 million.
- 2022-08-19
Interlune SAFE offering (Form D signed 2022-08-19)
Interlune's Form D notice signed 2022-08-19 reports $1,850,000 sold of a $2,600,000 SAFE offering, with 5 reported investors and a first sale dated 2022-08-03. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
Total Offering Amount $2,600,000 USD
Total Amount Sold $1,850,000 USD
Date of First Sale 2022-08-03
Simple Agreement for Future Equity
2022-08-19
enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 5
- Later sales, current cash balance and the relationship to other notices are not established here; do not add this amount to other funding figures as a cumulative total. Investor identities and any look-through beneficial owners are not established by the reported investor count.
- 2022-08-09
Helios-Eta Space partnership on lunar oxygen liquefaction
Helios announced a partnership with Florida-based Eta Space to plan a lunar oxygen production and liquefaction plant, with Eta Space handling cryogenic storage of oxygen from the Helios reactor.
Sources (2)
Israeli space tech startup Helios announced a partnership this month with Florida's Eta Space to create and store oxygen on the Moon
to develop an integrated lunar oxygen production and liquefaction plant, a critical step toward a sustainable cislunar industry.
- 2022-05-26
AstroForge $13 million seed round
TechCrunch reported on 2022-05-26 that AstroForge closed a $13 million seed round led by Initialized Capital, with the company saying it would fund its first two missions. Initialized separately announced its investment that day.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
the startup has closed a $13 million seed round
The seed round was led by Initialized Capital, with investments from Seven Seven Six, EarthRise, Aera VC, Liquid 2 and Soma.
One of our most recent investments, AstroForge, is a second-gen asteroid mining startup
- Company or filing confirmation of the full seed-round amount and terms; the reopened investor post confirms participation but not the round size.
- 2022-05
Lunar Outpost $12 million seed round
Lunar Outpost announced a closed $12 million seed round led by Explorer 1 Fund.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
Lunar Outpost, a global leader in commercial planetary mobility, announced a $12 million seed funding round today. The closed round was led by Explorer 1 Fund with participation from Promus Ventures, Space Capital, Type 1 Ventures and Cathexis Ventures.
- 2022-01-24
Blue Origin agrees to acquire Honeybee Robotics
Blue Origin agreed to acquire Honeybee Robotics from Ensign-Bickford Industries, making it a wholly owned subsidiary; the deal was expected to close in mid-February 2022 and terms were not disclosed.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The deal between Honeybee's parent organization, Ensign-Bickford Industries, and Blue Origin is expected to close in mid-February. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
Honeybee will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Origin, headquartered in Kent, Washington.
- Closing not confirmed by a primary source; date is the announcement date
- 2022
NASA SBIR Phase I award to Pioneer Astronautics for ALTAWS
SBIR.gov lists NASA SBIR Phase I contract 80NSSC22PB157 to Pioneer Astronautics for Alkaline Low-Temperature Aluminum from Waste Slag, with a total award amount of $156,491 and Award Year 2022. The record schedules performance from 21 July 2022 to 25 January 2023 and proposes feasibility work on aluminum, silicon and oxygen recovery from MMOST processing waste; later vacuum demonstrations and a lunar flight experiment are conditional plans.
Sources (7) and evidence gaps
Awardee PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS
Award Year: 2022
SBIR Phase I Awarding Agency NASA Total Award Amount: $156,491 Contract Number: 80NSSC22PB157
July 21, 2022 Award Start Date January 25, 2023 Award End Date
Aluminum is the primary target material, with side production of oxygen and silicon.
In Phase III, an optimized process would be developed into an ALTAWS flight experiment to be landed on the lunar surface.
from lunar regolith
- No exact award decision date is established; the record's performance start date is kept only as a schedule in the summary.
- The total award amount is not a verified payment, obligation or company-financing amount; it is not added to other awards as a financing total.
- The Phase I abstract proposes feasibility work. It does not establish a completed ALTAWS test, a subsequent Phase II or Phase III award, delivered hardware, or a lunar flight.
2021
- 2021-11-17
Fleet Space Technologies US$26.4 million Series B
Fleet Space Technologies announced US$26.4 million in Series B funding, led with follow-on money from Artesian Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures, Grok and Horizons Ventures, at a valuation the company gave as US$126 million.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
Today Fleet Space Technologies secures $26.4M (USD) in Series B funding
is led with follow-on money from Artesian Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures, Grok, and Horizons Ventures
with major commitments from new investors including Alumni Ventures, Hostplus
the South Australian Venture Capital Fund (SAVC) and In-Q-Tel
The Series B capital raise, which secures a valuation of the company at $126 million (USD)
- Australian-dollar amount (press reported about A$36 million) is not stated in the company release
- 2021-08-04
ispace Series C round (approx. USD 46 million)
ispace announced contracted Series C funding of JPY 5.07 billion (approximately USD 46 million for reference) from seven investors led by Incubate Fund. The release states that part was scheduled to be credited from August 2021 onward.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
announced that it contracted to fund approximately $46 million (USD)[i] from seven investors, including Incubate Fund as the lead investor, for its Series C investment round.
- Full Series C investor list not transcribed.
2020
- 2020-12-03
NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to Masten Space Systems, $15,000
NASA selected Masten Space Systems to collect lunar regolith and transfer ownership in place to NASA for $15,000, following a planned 2023 South Pole landing. Masten never flew a lunar lander; Masten filed for Chapter 11 in July 2022; Astrobotic announced in September 2022 that it had acquired Masten, and a Chapter 11 plan of liquidation for Masten Space Systems, Inc. was later confirmed and reported effective. The fate of this contract is not documented in retrieved sources.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
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.
Masten Space Systems proposed collection for $15,000 following arrival in 2023 of a lander to the lunar South Pole.
Astrobotic announces today the acquisition of Masten Space Systems
Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition . Fee Amount $1738. Filed by Masten Space Systems, Inc.
Notice of Entry of Order Confirming, and Occurrence of Effective Date of Modified Combined Disclosure Statement and Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation of Masten Space Systems, Inc.
- Termination, assignment, or other disposition of Masten's regolith contract after the 2022 acquisition not found in any primary source.
- Underlying confirmation-order and effective-date-notice PDFs were not retrieved; the precise effective date and completion of liquidation are not established by the retained docket entries.
- 2020-12-03
NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to Lunar Outpost, $1
NASA selected Lunar Outpost to collect lunar regolith and transfer ownership in place to NASA for $1. 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.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
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.
Lunar Outpost proposed collection for $1 following arrival of a lander to the lunar South Pole in 2023.
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.
execute the first sale of space resources with NASA through regolith collection
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.
- 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.
- 2020-12-03
NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to ispace Europe, $5,000
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.
Sources (5) and evidence gaps
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.
ispace Europe proposed collection for $5,000 following arrival in 2023 of a lander to the lunar South Pole.
Companies will receive 10% of their total proposed price upon award, will receive 10% upon launch, and the remaining 80% upon successful completion.
- [4]ispace Receives Interim Payment on Lunar Regolith Transfer Contract from NASA (22 September 2022)
The payment is for achieving milestones in the second contract held by ispace EU.
It has been decided to conclude the mission.
- Amount of the 2022 milestone payment not stated; current contract status after Mission 2 not stated in any retrieved source.
- 2020-12-03
NASA lunar regolith purchase contract to ispace (Japan), $5,000
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.
Sources (7) and evidence gaps
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.
ispace Japan proposed collection for $5,000 following arrival in 2022 of a lander to Lacus Somniorum on the Moon's northeastern near side.
Companies will receive 10% of their total proposed price upon award, will receive 10% upon launch, and the remaining 80% upon successful completion.
Subsequent to receiving such imagery and data, an "in-place" transfer of ownership of the lunar regolith to NASA will take place.
The license allows ispace to complete a contract awarded by NASA in December 2020, to acquire regolith from the lunar surface and transfer ownership to the space agency.
Although the lander did not complete a soft landing
it is currently assumed that the lander likely performed a hard landing on the lunar surface
- Current status of the contract after the Mission 2 loss (open, modified, or terminated) is not stated in any retrieved NASA or ispace source.
- 2020-11-18
ESRIC implementation agreement signed with ESA
Luxembourg's Ministry of the Economy (supervising the LSA), LIST and ESA signed an implementation agreement on cooperation activities at ESRIC, making ESA a strategic partner.
Sources (1)
On 18 November 2020, an implementation agreement concerning cooperation activities at ESRIC was signed between the Ministry of the Economy
- 2020-11-06
ESA contract 4000131940 to Metalysis for FFC oxygen production from regolith (ISRU)
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.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
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,"
- ESA-side record of contract 4000131940 and its value not retrieved.
- 2020-08-20
ispace Series B round (approx. USD 28 million)
ispace announced a Series B round of approximately USD 28 million led by Incubate Fund's IF SPV 1st Investment Partnership, bringing its stated cumulative investment to about USD 125 million.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2)
announced that ispace raised approximately $28 million (USD)[1] from the four organizations for its Series B investment round.
IF SPV 1st Investment Partnership (managed by Incubate Fund) as the lead investor, Space Frontier Fund (managed by Sparks Innovation for Future, Inc.), Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd., and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
- 2020-08
ESRIC established
The Luxembourg Space Agency and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology established the European Space Resources Innovation Centre in August 2020.
Sources (1)
was established in August 2020 by the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as a national innovation centre in the field of space resources
- 2020-06-11
NASA CLPS task order for Astrobotic to deliver VIPER ($199.5 million)
NASA awarded Astrobotic $199.5 million to deliver the VIPER water-ice prospecting rover to the lunar south pole on its Griffin lander; NASA cancelled VIPER in July 2024 and Griffin Mission One continued without it.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh $199.5 million to deliver NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon's South Pole in late 2023.
Astrobotic will continue its Griffin Mission One within its contract with NASA, working toward a launch scheduled for no earlier than fall 2025. The landing without VIPER will provide a flight demonstration of the Griffin lander and its engines.
- Whether the task-order value was modified after VIPER's removal is not stated.
- 2020-04-08
NASA CLPS task order to Masten Space Systems for south-pole delivery (USD 75.9 million)
NASA awarded Masten a USD 75.9 million CLPS task order to deliver eight payloads (nine instruments), several resource-related, to the lunar south pole; NASA OIG later reported the value grew to USD 81.3 million and the task order was terminated.
Sources (3)
The $75.9 million award includes end-to-end services for delivery of the instruments
Further, two task orders were terminated, one of which had already been paid $66.1 million of the $81.3 million task order value based on milestones performed.
As a result of this bankruptcy, NASA lost the $66 million in milestone payments made to Masten and is in the process of settling recoveries.
- 2020
NASA SBIR Phase II award to Pioneer Astronautics for MMOST
SBIR.gov lists NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC20C0250 to Pioneer Astronautics for Moon to Mars Oxygen and Steel Technology, with a total award amount of $3,999,973 and Award Year 2020. The record schedules performance from 15 September 2020 to 15 September 2022 and proposes lunar-regolith simulant work and an integrated vacuum-chamber demonstration; those dates and proposed outcomes do not establish completion.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
Awardee PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS
Award Year: 2020
SBIR Phase II Awarding Agency NASA Total Award Amount: $3,999,973 Contract Number: 80NSSC20C0250
September 15, 2020 Award Start Date September 15, 2022 Award End Date
The MMOST employs physical particle size sorting, electromagnetic regolith beneficiation, materials handling, hydrogen reduction, electrolysis, and melt-refining to produce metallic iron and oxygen products with minimized power requirements.
Mines will use additive manufacturing methods to fabricate test articles from metal generated from reduced lunar regolith simulant.
- No exact award decision date is established; the record's performance start date is kept only as a schedule in the summary.
- The total award amount is not a verified payment, obligation or company-financing amount; it is not added to other awards as a financing total.
- No completed integrated test, achieved production rate, achieved TRL 6 or delivered hardware is established by this proposal abstract.
2019
- 2019-11
ESA-Luxembourg Memorandum of Cooperation on space resources
ESA and the Government of Luxembourg signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of space resources, which preceded ESRIC's creation.
Sources (1)
The creation of ESRIC follows a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of space resources that was signed between ESA and the Government of Luxembourg in November 2019.
- 2019-07-01
NASA selects Honeybee's PlanetVac for a CLPS flight
NASA selected PlanetVac (principal investigator Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics), a technology to acquire and transfer lunar regolith, among 12 lunar science and technology investigations for CLPS flights; it later flew as Lunar PlanetVac on Blue Ghost Mission 1.
Sources (2)
PlanetVac is a technology for acquiring and transferring lunar regolith from the surface to other instruments that would analyze the material, or put it in a container that another spacecraft could return to Earth. The principal investigator is Kris Zacny of Honeybee Robotics
Lunar PlanetVac (LPV) was deployed on Blue Ghost’s surface access arm and successfully collected, transferred, and sorted lunar soil
- 2019-06-25
Metalysis Limited (04304849) enters administration
Companies House records the appointment of an administrator for Metalysis Limited on 25 June 2019, a move from administration to dissolution filed 9 June 2021, and dissolution following liquidation on 9 September 2021.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
25 Jun 2019 AM01 Appointment of an administrator
09 Jun 2021 AM23 Notice of move from Administration to Dissolution
- How the business and assets passed to Metalysis Ltd (e.g. pre-pack sale) not documented in retrieved records.
- 2019-06-11
NASA NIAC Phase III selection for TransAstra Mini Bee
NASA selected TransAstra's Mini Bee optical-mining flight-demonstration concept as one of two inaugural NIAC Phase III studies, each eligible for up to $2 million over two years.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
Mini Bee Prototype to Demonstrate the Apis Mission Architecture and Optical Mining Technology
Each selection will receive as much as $2 million.
- Amount is a ceiling ('as much as'), not a confirmed obligated value.
- 2019-01-02
Bradford Space acquires control of Deep Space Industries
Bradford Space announced it had acquired control of Deep Space Industries, taking over the Comet thruster line and the Xplorer spacecraft bus and rebranding DSI as Bradford Space, Inc.; terms were not disclosed.
Sources (2)
announced today that it has acquired control over Deep Space Industries, Inc., often known as DSI
- [2]Bradford Space Group buys Deep Space Industries, shifting focus from asteroid mining to propulsion
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
2018
- 2018-11-29
Moon Express selected for NASA CLPS vendor pool
NASA named Moon Express one of nine companies eligible to bid on Commercial Lunar Payload Services task orders.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface
- Absence of any Moon Express task order is inferred from the NASA OIG list of task orders (IG-24-013), not from an explicit statement.
- 2018-10-31
ConsenSys acquires Planetary Resources
Planetary Resources announced that ConsenSys had acquired the company through an asset-purchase transaction.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1)
has acquired the pioneering space company Planetary Resources, Inc. through an asset-purchase transaction
- 2018-04-16
Deep Space Industries Series A first tranche
DSI announced closing the first tranche of a Series A of just over $3.5 million from private investors, to fund its Meteor engine and Xplorer deep-space spacecraft.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2) and evidence gaps
The company raised just over $3.5M from private investors.
announced today the closing of the first tranche of its Series A funding round
- Date taken from the archived page's article:published_time metadata (2018-04-16).
- 2018
Luxembourg Space Agency established
The Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy established the Luxembourg Space Agency in 2018.
Sources (1)
- [1]The Agency
Established by the Ministry of Economy in 2018 with the goal of developing the national space sector
2016
- 2016-11-03
Planetary Resources and Government of Luxembourg EUR 25 million agreement
Planetary Resources announced a EUR 25 million agreement with the Government of Luxembourg and the state bank SNCI, comprising EUR 12 million of direct capital investment and EUR 13 million of grants, aimed at a first commercial asteroid-prospecting mission by 2020.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
it has finalized a 25 million euro agreement that includes direct capital investment of 12 million euros and grants of 13 million euros
- Luxembourg government record of the investment and grants.
- Counterparty (Government of Luxembourg / SNCI, predating the Luxembourg Space Agency) has no entity id.
- 2016-05-26
Planetary Resources $21.1 million Series A
Planetary Resources announced a $21.1 million Series A led by Bryan Johnson and the OS Fund, to be used to deploy an Earth-observation business (Ceres) rather than an asteroid mission.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (2)
announced today that it has secured US$21.1 million in Series A funding
The capital will be used to deploy and operate Ceres
- 2016-02-18
Metalysis 2016 investment by Iluka Resources and Woodford Patient Capital Trust
Iluka Resources' Australian Securities Exchange notice of 18 February 2016 says it committed an additional £6 million to Metalysis Limited, with an undertaking to commit a further £4 million before 15 July 2016, alongside a £10 million investment by Woodford Patient Capital Trust.
Sources (3) and evidence gaps
it has committed an additional £6 million (A$12.2 million) to its investment in the private, UK based, Metalysis Limited
a further £4 million (A$8.1 million) before 15 July 2016
together with an investment of £10 million by UK based, Woodford Patient Capital Trust
- Total round size is not stated in a primary source read (press reported a £20 million round), so amount is left null
- Whether Iluka's further £4 million undertaking was paid before 15 July 2016 is not confirmed in a primary source read
- No Metalysis release or UK filing for this round was read; round name unknown
- 2016-02
Luxembourg launches the SpaceResources.lu initiative
Luxembourg launched the SpaceResources.lu initiative in February 2016; it is led today by the Luxembourg Space Agency.
Sources (1)
Launched in February 2016 and led today by the LSA, the SpaceResources.lu Initiative positions Luxembourg as a pioneer in the exploration and utilisation of space resources.
2015
- 2015-09-30
Moon Express-Rocket Lab launch contract for three Electron launches
Moon Express announced it signed a contract with Rocket Lab on 30 Sept 2015 for three Electron launches of its MX-1 lander, with two launches manifested for 2017; none took place.
Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.
Sources (1) and evidence gaps
The company today announced it signed a contract with Rocket Lab on Sept. 30 to launch
- Contract value not disclosed in the release.
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