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More than $53 billion has been spent on the Artemis program alone over the last four years, and billions more have been allocated to the Commercial Lunar Payload Services and Lunar Terrain Vehicle programs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The business is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, program, which uses commercial providers to provide services, instead of building space vehicles on its own.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

A model for that concept is NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, which is paying commercial providers to carry payloads to the Moon’s surface.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023

NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services contracts private companies to build uncrewed landers to go to the Moon.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2022

In the meantime, ESA recently announced that the agency has already secured an opportunity for the Luna-27’s Prospect gear to fly onboard a NASA-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight.

From Scientific American • Apr. 25, 2022