# NASA picks eight companies for $10 billion lunar delivery contract

By MarketScale Newsroom · Published 2026-11-09 · Transportation on MarketScale
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> NASA selected eight companies, including SpaceX and Blue Origin, for CLPS 2, a 10-year lunar delivery contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion.

## Key points

- NASA selected eight companies for CLPS 2, a 10-year contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion.
- The companies can compete for future lunar surface delivery missions.
- NASA raised the existing CLPS contract ceiling from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion.

NASA announced on Saturday, November 7, that it has selected eight companies for its Commercial Lunar Payload Services 2 contract, known as CLPS 2. It is a 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity master contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion, according to NASA.

The companies are Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, ispace-U.S., Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, SpaceX and Voyager Technologies. NASA said they are eligible to compete for future lunar surface delivery missions and will provide lunar delivery services, including managing, building and operating landers.

> We are building the Moon Base mission by mission. — Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator

NASA made the announcement at its MAX POWER event at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, alongside other Moon Base transportation, technology and science awards. Fox Business noted that the $10 billion figure is a ceiling for the contract rather than money already awarded.

## A larger ceiling for the current program

NASA also increased the ceiling on its existing CLPS contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion for Moon Base Phase One. That contract remains in place through November 2028, with an additional five-year period through November 2033 to complete awarded deliveries.

## Blue Origin to deliver the PROMISE rover

Blue Origin received a $94 million base contract, plus an option worth an additional $140 million based on performance, to deliver NASA's PROMISE rover to the lunar South Pole on its Mark 1 lander, Fox Business and NASA reported. The launch is targeted for late 2028.

> Most importantly, we've taken action, awarding new contracts and forging new partnerships to accelerate development. — Carlos García-Galán, Moon Base program manager, NASA

## Sources

- [NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-moon-base-transportation-technology-science-projects/) (NASA)
- [NASA unveils $10B moon base contract as SpaceX, Blue Origin join lunar gold rush](https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-air-space/nasa-unveils-10b-moon-base-contract-spacex-blue-origin-join-lunar-gold-rush) (Fox Business)
- [SpaceX, Rocket Lab blast higher as NASA hands out $10 billion in moon base awards](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/spacex-rocket-lab-blast-higher-as-nasa-hands-out-10-billion-in-moon-base-awards-164320855.html) (Yahoo Finance)

Tags: space, NASA, lunar, government contracts, aerospace

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