These mid-size lander missions will be an important step toward evolution to human landers, and the mid-size landers are expected to be built through public/private partnerships. NASA wants to ensure industry is moving with the agency as it pushes human exploration farther into the solar system than ever before, and meets the objectives of Space Policy Directive 1.ĬLPS missions will be among the first robotic steps back on the Moon, and NASA will follow the early, small lander missions with the first of two larger lander demonstration missions planned in 2022. If we want to make that happen though, we will need commercial partners." "If we have the capability to generate rocket fuel from the surface of the Moon, and get them into orbit around the Moon, we could use that to build a fueling depot.
"We know there are volatiles at the poles on the Moon, and quite frankly, that water ice could represent rocket fuel," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
These early instruments will be an important step to better understanding what's below the Moon's surface. NASA leadership also recently discussed lunar exploration plans during a public town hall, and discovering volatiles on the Moon was a primary topic of discussion. industry to respond for the first missions back to the Moon. Since the agency announced a draft solicitation for CLPS in April, NASA has hosted an industry day for prospective responders to talk about the agency's broad plans for lunar exploration, and encouraged U.S. Water Analysis and Volatile Extraction (WAVE) instrument to accept and heat samples to quantify water and other volatiles extracted from below the surface Neutron Spectrometer Subsystem, or NSS, to search for hydrogen below the Moon's surface Near Infrared Volatile Spectrometer Subsystem, or NIRVSS, to monitor the Moon's surface and identify water and other volatiles The science potential for each instrument varies with the potential landing site, and most can be enhanced through mobility after landing. "These tools will provide important scientific data on various landing sites, and will help NASA better understand the lunar environment." "We conducted a thorough science and engineering assessment of Resource Prospector and determined all four instruments are at a high technology readiness level, are appropriate for science on the Moon, and will make flights on future Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions," said Dennis Andrucyk, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Among the instruments to be flown are the instrumentation suite from the former Resource Prospector mission concept. These missions will deliver NASA instruments and technology to the surface of the Moon to conduct science and prepare for human exploration.
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NASA is planning a series of robotic commercial delivery missions as early as 2019 ahead of a human return to the Moon. science, technology, and exploration objectives. The agency is orchestrating a robotic lunar campaign with a focus on growing commercial base of partnerships and activity that can support U.S. commercial partnerships will be a key to expediting missions and building a sustainable presence on the lunar surface. As NASA shifts human exploration back to the Moon, U.S.
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