Company
Impulse Space
USA · Moon program partner
Impulse Space, headquartered in Redondo Beach, California, plans an in-house lunar cargo lander that rides its Helios kick stage from low Earth orbit (LEO) to low lunar orbit within one week, then separates and descends to the surface. Impulse estimates about 3 tons of cargo per mission and up to 6 tons a year across two missions starting in 2028, and has begun developing the lander's nitrous oxide and ethane engine.
Hardware
Impulse lunar cargo lander
HardwareHelios kick stage (lunar cruise stage)
HardwareJobs
Impulse lunar cargo lander
Impulse Space's lunar cargo lander is a planned lander, developed in-house, that rides the Helios kick stage from low Earth orbit (LEO) to low lunar orbit within one week, then separates, performs a braking burn and descends to the surface.Helios kick stage (lunar cruise stage)
Helios is Impulse Space's kick stage: it flies as a payload on a medium-lift rocket and fires its engine after deployment in low Earth orbit (LEO) to carry payloads to their final orbit, up to 4,000 kg to geostationary orbit (GEO) in under 24 hours.Sources
- To the Moon (and Beyond): How Impulse Can Deliver More Mass to the Lunar Surface Impulse Space, 14 October 2025
- Meet Helios: Bringing Same-Day Delivery to Space Impulse Space, 16 April 2026
- Impulse Space raises $500 million as orbital maneuvering race heats up Ars Technica, 2 June 2026
- Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans SpaceNews, 14 October 2025
- Impulse Space details plan to deliver up to 6 tons a year to the moon TechCrunch, 14 October 2025
- Inside Impulse's New Colorado Facility Impulse Space, 10 March 2026
- Impulse Space opens Boulder County spacecraft facility Axios Boulder, 10 March 2026
- Contact Impulse Space
- impulsespace.com impulsespace.com
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