NASA says eight American companies can now compete for future Moon deliveries under a new CLPS 2 contract worth up to $10 billion over ten years.
NASA announced on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show at Kennedy Space Center in Florida that it has selected eight American companies for the next phase of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Under the new CLPS 2 contract, the companies become eligible to compete for future lunar surface delivery missions. The selection is part of a wider set of awards meant to expand the agency's Moon Base near the lunar South Pole, which NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman described as being built "mission by mission."
According to NASA, CLPS 2 is a 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity master contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion. The selected companies will manage, build and operate landers that carry NASA science, technology and infrastructure payloads to the Moon. NASA also increased the value of the existing CLPS 1.0 contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion to support initial Phase One Moon Base objectives. The original contract stays in place through November 2028, with an additional five years to complete awarded deliveries through November 2033.
The video attached to this article is NASA's official YouTube explainer on the expansion of its lunar delivery network, published on November 7, 2026. It is an announcement-style video, not footage of a lander mission, and no new landing has taken place. The same NASA announcements also covered the nuclear-powered PROMISE rover, targeted for launch in late 2028, a $94 million base contract to Blue Origin to deliver it, and launch and orbital-transfer task orders worth about $1.3 billion. These figures come from NASA's own release and should be read as the agency's account of its plans.
