Job
NASA Ames NSS instrument procurement for MoonFall and CS-8
Contracted by NASA Ames Research Center from Lockheed Martin
NASA Ames awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation $4,663,726 on 6 October 2026 for NSS units for MoonFall and CLPS Mission 8. The notice was published on 29 October. Its attached justification identifies CS-8 and specifies nine build-to-print units: four for MoonFall, four for CS-8 and one spare. Fabrication, assembly, testing and mission-assurance documentation are included.
Who built it
Sources
- MoonFall: NASA NASA
- Moon Base Phases NASA, 26 May 2026
- Neutron Spectrometer System units for MoonFall and CLPS Mission 8: award 80ARC027P0001 NASA Ames / SAM.gov, 29 October 2026
- NSS for MoonFall and CS-8: sole-source justification JA-FY26-J10 NASA Ames
- NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole NASA, 24 March 2026
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Neutron Spectrometer to Help Space Mission Find Water on Moon Lockheed Martin, 21 April 2026