--- title: "NASA Awards $590 Mln Contracts To 3 Companies To Build Moon Outpost" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/291412698.md" description: "NASA awarded $590 million in contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for four lunar missions scheduled for late 2028. These missions aim to deliver science payloads as part of the Moon Base Program, supporting the development of a long-term lunar outpost." datetime: "2026-07-01T12:09:02.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/291412698.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/291412698.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/291412698.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # NASA Awards $590 Mln Contracts To 3 Companies To Build Moon Outpost Add as your preferred news source on Google Add Now NASA has selected three companies to land four new missions on the Moon in late 2028 as part of the U.S space agency's Moon Base Program. Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines will deliver NASA science payloads to the lunar surface as it builds the first long-term outpost on the Moon. The three companies have been awarded contracts worth a total of $590 million. "These new awards to our commercial partners, totaling nearly $600 million to land more missions on the Moon with science payloads, demonstrate our commitment to accelerating our effort to build a long-term presence on the lunar surface, and give us more opportunity to develop the skills we need to prosper there," said Lori Glaze, associate administrator for the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This article is available exclusively to RTT Biotech Investor and Intelligent Investor subscribers. Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription. Start Free Trial FREE 7-Day Trial - No Payment Required Already subscribed? Sign in For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com Business News ### Related Stocks - [LUNR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LUNR.US.md) - [LUNRW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LUNRW.US.md) - [FLY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FLY.US.md) - [FLYT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FLYT.US.md) - [LUNL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LUNL.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Firefly Aerospace Onboarded to NASA Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract | FLY Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296144274.md) - [FLY: Q2 2026 revenue soared 659% year-over-year to $117.7M, with strong contract wins and production growth](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295579375.md) - [Firefly Aerospace Q2 revenue beats on contract wins](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295575340.md) - [Voyager CEO Dylan Taylor Says Humans Will Live and Work on Moon in 2030s: ‘We’ll Have a Moon Base…’](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296094784.md) - [NASA, Katalyst call off SWIFT rescue mission over issues with rescue craft in space](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296388986.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**