SMRTR TechJul 30, 2025The Register

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177M to drop more bots on the Moon

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NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the Moon's South Pole region in 2029. The mission, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, will use Firefly's Blue Ghost lander to carry NASA and Canadian Space Agency rovers equipped with spectrometers and other instruments to study the lunar surface.

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