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About $2.7 billion of that money has already been paid out for hitting 49 milestones tied to the contract."},{"url":"https://www.nasa.gov/reference/human-landing-systems/","publisher":"NASA","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"high","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"blue-origin-sustaining-hls","label":"Blue Origin Sustaining HLS contract (Mk2)","category":"contract","parentProgram":"artemis-program","value":{"value":"$3.4B","asOf":"2023-05-19","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Sustaining Lunar Development award; second HLS provider for crewed Artemis missions"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-second-artemis-lunar-lander-provider/","publisher":"NASA","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"high","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"nasa-near-space-network-im","label":"NASA Near Space Network IDIQ (IM first awardee)","category":"contract","value":{"value":"$4.82B","asOf":"2024-09-17","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Multi-award IDIQ for near-Earth + cislunar comms/nav; Intuitive Machines first task order"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001844452/000184445224000119/ex991nsncontract.htm","publisher":"SEC EDGAR (Intuitive Machines 8-K)","retrieved":"2026-05-28","quote":"NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a Near Space Network (NSN) contract on September 17, 2024, for communication and navigation services for missions in the near space region, which extends from Earth's surface to beyond the Moon. This is a new Firm-Fixed-Price, Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order Contract with a base period of five years and an additional five-year option period, with a maximum potential value of $4.82 billion."}],"confidence":"high","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"esa-argonaut-thales-alenia","label":"ESA Argonaut Lunar Descent Element contract","category":"contract","value":{"value":"€862M (~$930M USD)","asOf":"2025-01-30","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Thales Alenia Space prime for ESA's European Large Logistics Lander"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/en/press-releases/thales-alenia-space-signs-contract-esa-develop-argonaut-lunar-lander-cargo-delivery","publisher":"Thales Alenia Space","retrieved":"2026-05-28"},{"url":"https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_and_Thales_Alenia_Space_present_the_industrial_consortium_for_Argonaut_Lunar_Descent_Element","publisher":"ESA","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"high","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"axiom-axemu-task-order","label":"Axiom Space AxEMU task order","category":"contract","value":{"value":"$228M","asOf":"2022-09-07","sourceIdx":0,"note":"First task order under $1.26B xEVAS moonsuit ceiling"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.axiomspace.com/release/xemu-task-award","publisher":"Axiom Space","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"blue-moon-mk1-viper","label":"Blue Origin Blue Moon MK1 VIPER task order","category":"contract","value":{"value":"$190M","asOf":"2025-09-19","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Contingent on success of first Blue Moon MK1 mission; carries VIPER rover"},"sources":[{"url":"https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/10/28/blue-origin-details-lunar-exploration-progress-amid-artemis-3-contract-shakeup/","publisher":"Spaceflight Now","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"low","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"esa-moonlight-telespazio-phase1","label":"ESA Moonlight LCNS Phase 1 contract","category":"contract","value":{"value":"€123M (~$133M USD)","asOf":"2024-10-15","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Telespazio prime; first phase of full Moonlight programme"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.telespazio.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/firma-moonlight-pr","publisher":"Telespazio","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"im-1-clps-task-order","label":"Intuitive Machines IM-1 CLPS task order","category":"contract","parentProgram":"clps-program","value":{"value":"$118M","asOf":"2024-02-15","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Initial 2021 award $77M; grew via task order modifications"},"sources":[{"url":"https://investors.intuitivemachines.com/news-releases/news-release-details/intuitive-machines-historic-im-1-mission-success-american","publisher":"Intuitive Machines IR","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"peregrine-clps-task-order","label":"Astrobotic Peregrine CLPS task order","category":"contract","parentProgram":"clps-program","value":{"value":"$108M","asOf":"2024-01-08","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Initial 2019 award $79.5M; grew via modifications. 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Company total outside funding ~$72M"},"sources":[{"url":"https://tracxn.com/d/companies/astrobotic/__nCYm1xcOr9k-xgQR6a_D4CsPPeo25KgHLWhj7FEdDHI/funding-and-investors","publisher":"Tracxn","retrieved":"2026-05-28"},{"url":"https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/82386-64","publisher":"PitchBook","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"firefly-aerospace-nasdaq-ipo","label":"Firefly Aerospace Nasdaq IPO (FLY)","category":"private-funding","value":{"value":"~$868M @ $45.00/share","asOf":"2025-08-07","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Upsized IPO: 19,296,000 shares at $45.00 (gross ~$868.3M), closed Aug 8 2025; greenshoe for a further 2,894,400 shares. Debuted on Nasdaq as FLY on Aug 7 and closed its first day at $60.35 — a ~$8.5B valuation. Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 made the first fully successful commercial Moon landing in March 2025."},"sources":[{"url":"https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-announces-pricing-of-upsized-initial-public-offering/","publisher":"Firefly Aerospace (IPO pricing release)","retrieved":"2026-06-14"},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001860160/000119312525211266/fly-ex99_1.htm","publisher":"SEC EDGAR (Firefly 8-K)","retrieved":"2026-06-14"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/rocket-maker-firefly-aerospace-fly-stock-ipo.html","publisher":"CNBC","retrieved":"2026-06-14"}],"confidence":"high","lastVerified":"2026-06-14"},{"slug":"interlune-seed-round","label":"Interlune seed round (lunar helium-3 mining)","category":"private-funding","value":{"value":"$18M seed","asOf":"2024-03-13","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Total seed capital, including a $15M round led by Seven Seven Six (Katelin Holloway joined the board) plus prior angel investment. Funds lunar helium-3 prospecting + extraction for the Seattle startup founded by ex-Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson; company emerged from stealth Mar 13 2024. An additional ~$5M SAFE raise was reported in early 2026."},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.interlune.space/press-release/space-resources-startup-interlune-raises-18-million-in-seed-capital","publisher":"Interlune (press release)","retrieved":"2026-06-14"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/space-resources-startup-interlune-raises-18-million-in-seed-capital-302087587.html","publisher":"PR Newswire","retrieved":"2026-06-14"},{"url":"https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/","publisher":"SpaceNews","retrieved":"2026-06-14"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-funding-moon-mining-safe/","publisher":"GeekWire (2026 SAFE)","retrieved":"2026-06-14"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-06-14"},{"slug":"pwc-lunar-economy-2050","label":"PwC: Lunar economy by 2050","category":"tam","value":{"value":"Up to $127B","asOf":"2024-01-01","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Driven by commercial infrastructure, ISRU, and mobility services. Earlier (2021) PwC estimate was $170B over 20 years. Publication month not recorded at capture — asOf normalized to first of year."},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.pwc.fr/en/industrie/secteur-spatial/pwc-space-team-public-reports-and-articles/lunar-market-assessment.html","publisher":"PwC","retrieved":"2026-05-28"},{"url":"https://spaceq.ca/pwc-report-lunar-economy-projected-to-generate-up-to-us127-billion-by-2050/","publisher":"SpaceQ","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"},{"slug":"mckinsey-space-economy-2035","label":"McKinsey: total space economy by 2035","category":"tam","value":{"value":"$1.8T","asOf":"2024-04-01","sourceIdx":0,"note":"Broader space-economy figure (not lunar-specific); McKinsey + World Economic Forum joint research published April 2024 — asOf normalized to first of the publication month"},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/the-space-economy-is-projected-to-reach-1-8-trillion-by-2035","publisher":"McKinsey & Company","retrieved":"2026-05-28"},{"url":"https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/space-the-1-point-8-trillion-dollar-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth","publisher":"McKinsey & Company","retrieved":"2026-05-28"}],"confidence":"medium","lastVerified":"2026-05-28"}]}