ispace Now Eligible to Provide Lunar Transportation Service to NASA
30 Nov, 2018
TOKYO – November 29, 2018 – ispace announced today that Team Draper – of which ispace is a member – was one of 9 parties selected to participate in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program.
Through this endeavor, the team becomes eligible to bid for contracts to support NASA in the delivery of small rovers and instruments to meet lunar science and exploration needs, advance development of lunar landers for human missions and conduct more research on the Moon’s surface ahead of a human return.
NASA made the announcement on November 29 (local time) at its Washington headquarters.