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$50,000,000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to BLUE ORIGIN, LLC

aerospaceexpiring · 46d· period of performance ends in 46 days
ACTION DATE2026-03-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80JSC025F7071_8000_80JSC020D0010_8000
Award description

COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS) CONTRACT TASK ORDER CS-7

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds Blue Origin to deliver commercial lunar payload services under NASA's CLPS contract task order.

Sub-sectors
nasa-lunar-cargocommercial-space-servicesclps-program
Why this matters

CLPS enables NASA to leverage commercial providers for lunar logistics, reducing costs and accelerating lunar exploration ahead of Artemis missions.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens Blue Origin's lunar lander supply chain and incentivizes downstream aerospace component suppliers and launch service providers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in commercial lunar cargo services counters China's advancing lunar program and establishes American dominance in cislunar operations.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002194.

Period of performance
Start
2025-09-16
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 46din 46 days
Sources

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