NASA awards Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines lunar lander contracts in moon base project

Tue, June 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC

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WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday said three companies — Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines — were awarded contracts to send more uncrewed lunar landers to the moon's surface under the agency's Artemis moonbase project.

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The contracts for Firefly and Intuitive Machines each involve sending another one of their landers to the moon at a value of $144 million each. Astrobotic's contract is for two lander missions and worth a total of $280 million.

(Reporting by Joey Roulette; Editing by Chris Reese)

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