Request for Information (RFI) Enabling Commercial Lunar Transportation to Support a Sustained Lunar Base

Summary (Newest Update)

Background NASA is seeking information from established commercial providers and new industry entrants to help shape a future acquisition strategy for Artemis Commercial Lunar Transportation Solutions aimed at establishing and sustaining a permanent lunar base. This initiative aligns with the Executive Order 'Ensuring American Space Superiority,' which emphasizes the importance of maintaining U.S. leadership in the cislunar domain and establishing a permanent, continuously crewed lunar base. Work Details NASA seeks transportation concepts capable of supporting sustained buildup, logistics resupply, and crew rotation for lunar base operations. The transportation architecture must enable high-frequency mission operations, reliability, redundancy, and commercial scalability. All human-rated transportation systems must be compatible with existing Human Landing System (HLS) providers for crew transfer to and from the lunar surface and maintain interoperability with evolving Artemis elements. Respondents are encouraged to describe their end-to-end lunar transportation architecture, including achievable launch cadence and mission duration, while addressing safety, reliability, verification, and human systems integration requirements. Optional capabilities that extend architectural value may be included but should not detract from the primary focus on human transportation services. Place of Performance The contract will be performed in cislunar space, specifically involving transportation from Earth to an orbital transfer location (e.g., NRHO) and back.