Commercial space companies are ready for the next stage of lunar exploration

Recently, some of the players in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program met with the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, part of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The witnesses included representatives from NASA administration, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Astrobotic Technology, Intuitive Machines and Firefly Aerospace.

Intuitive Machines made a “partially successful” lunar landing in March after a similar attempt in February 2024. Firefly...