Moon Imports
Who builds what goes to the Moon
Moon Imports lists the companies, cargo and contracts behind public Moon flights: 303 companies, 305 named payloads, 717 jobs and 44 flights, each tied to a public source such as a NASA award, a mission manifest or a company release.
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- Companies building for the Moon, on a globe303 companies plotted by country, with a full list by country and role
- Lunar companies and suppliersLander builders, rover makers, payload, engine and power suppliers
- Moon missions and launch datesCLPS, Moon Base, Artemis and agency flights, flown and planned
- Lunar cargo and payloads by missionInstruments, rovers and tech demos on each lander
- Lunar contracts and subcontractsWho builds each unit, grouped by program
- Lunar landers, rovers and hardwareNamed vehicles and flight hardware
- NASA Moon BaseThe south pole program, phase by phase
- Moon landing sites mapWhere each tracked flight landed or plans to land
- ArticlesThe work behind the missions
Upcoming Moon flights
- Griffin-1NET November 2026 · Astrobotic Technology
- IM-3 TrinityEarly 2027 · Intuitive Machines
- Blue Ghost Mission 2NET 2027 · Firefly Aerospace
- Blue Moon MK1 EnduranceEarly 2027 · Blue Origin
- IM-4NET ~2027 · Intuitive Machines
- Chang'e-7NET 2027 · China National Space Administration (CNSA)
- CAPSTONE 02NET 2027 · Advanced Space
- Artemis IIIQ3 2027 · NASA
- ispace Mission 2.5 AlpineNET 2027 · ispace
- Altus-1NET ~2027 · Intuitive Machines
Companies by role
- Space agencies31 companies
- Landers, spacecraft and mission primes18 companies
- Rovers and surface mobility19 companies
- Science instruments and payloads26 companies
- Engines and propulsion25 companies
- Power and thermal12 companies
- Navigation, communications and relay satellites21 companies
- Avionics, computing and flight software11 companies
- Spacesuits and crew systems10 companies
- Launch and rideshare5 companies
- Structures, machining and manufacturing46 companies
- Lunar construction, habitats and resources8 companies
- Launch sites, ground systems and testing12 companies
- Memorial, cultural and commercial cargo13 companies
- Universities and research labs40 companies
- Program partners and services6 companies
Latest articles
- October proposals, 2027 tests: building a Moon BaseOctober’s power and surface mating calls set the next development steps toward NASA’s Moon Base. Follow the 2027 ground test target, relevant builders and mission records.
- The chips already named for the MoonEagle flew on 2,756 Philco-Ford NOR gate chips. Renesas circuits on SLIM, Montana State's RadPC and a Microchip PolarFire FPGA followed on recent landers. NVIDIA Jetson modules command Lunar Outpost's MAPP lidar on IM-3, first quarter 2027; Starcloud's SC-1L targets Elytra no earlier than 2028.
- Small thrusters keep the route on course to the first landingispace builds ULTRA for its first landing, Mission 3, in 2028. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry funds the lander. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launches it on H3. UEL's two wheeled SCARAB rover is booked to photograph the lander. On 6 October 2026 ispace selected ArianeGroup to supply the small thrusters that keep the route on course, and to install and test them.
- Moon Base Phase 2 is a freight planNASA's Phase 2 plan puts roughly 60 tons on the south pole across 24 landings and about 27 launches, from 2029 through 2032.
- Türkiye's first Moon spacecraft, built down to the motorSpaceX holds the agreement to put AYAP-1 into Earth orbit in the first half of 2027. From there DeltaV's Hybrid Propulsion System (HIS) does the lunar transfer, the roughly 100 km polar science orbit, and the planned hard impact. TÜBİTAK UZAY built the roughly 3.5 t TstarD-100 bus for the Turkish Space Agency under AYAP; 56 of 65 mission-critical parts are domestic; four science payloads ride along.
- NASA's lunar 5G Network-in-a-Box joins the relay stackNASA Glenn awarded Modulate Space about $38 million for a lunar surface 5G Network-in-a-Box with Wi-Fi 6: lab work through January 2028, surface flight demonstration by the end of 2028.