payload

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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

Payload, a space media and research firm, estimated that it costs SpaceX around $90 million to build a fully stacked Starship, according to a 2024 report.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

The scientists also struggled to generate electricity for the struggling spacecraft, making it a terrible disappointment for the first attempted commercial moon landing under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2024

Developed by Astrobotic Technology, a Pittsburgh startup, Peregrine was the first mission in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which has sought to spur lunar-landing capabilities by financing private missions.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

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