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NASA ramps Artemis Moon Base delivery with ~$600M in new robotic lander contracts and considers sending Perseverance’s full-scal

NASA has awarded multiple lunar landing and surface-delivery contracts tied to its Artemis Moon Base effort, selecting Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for lunar payload missions and awarding nearly $600 million across four robotic lander flights. NASA is also “seriously considering” sending Perseverance’s full-scale engineering model to the Moon and evaluating a potential nuclear-powered rover mission, PROMISE.

Discovered 2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00 | 2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00

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  • These contract awards and additional lander selections—valued at nearly $600M—tighten NASA’s schedule for delivering payloads to build an Artemis Moon Base ahead of the decade’s end.
  • The potential decision to fly Perseverance’s full-scale engineering model to the Moon signals a shift toward faster, lower-risk on-ramp for south-pole exploration.
  • The PROMISE nuclear-powered rover concept frames near-term requirements for surface power, enabling more complex mobility and mission planning around lunar operations.

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