Theme

Surface build & infrastructure

Pads, roads, bricks, additive construction - named builders and cargo for living infrastructure on the surface.

Cargo

Jobs

ICUBE-Q cubesat (Chang'e-6)

Pakistan SUPARCO ICUBE-Q lunar cubesat (Shanghai Jiao Tong University collaboration) deployed from Chang'e-6 orbiter stack.

PILS photovoltaic investigation (GRC)

Photovoltaic Investigation on the Lunar Surface (PILS) multi-technology solar array experiment on Blue Ghost M3 / CP-21 for lunar-environment solar performance.

SAMPLR robotic arm (Maxar)

Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering, and Probing of Lunar Regolith (SAMPLR) - Maxar Technologies robotic arm / sieve-scoop / penetrometer on Blue Ghost M3.

I-Hab ECLSS (JAXA)

JAXA supplies Lunar I-Hab environmental control and life support, thermal-control functions, cameras, and batteries (also batteries for HALO).

Flights

Beresheet2019-02-22 · SpaceIL / IAI Beresheet - private/national hybrid soft-landing attempt.
Chang'e-52020-11-23 · CNSA national lunar sample-return (near side).
SLIM2023-09-07 · JAXA SLIM precision soft-landing demo.
IM-1 Odysseus2024-02-15 · IM-1 Odysseus (TO2-IM): first commercial soft landing (Feb 2024).
Chang'e-62024-05-03 · CNSA national far-side lunar sample-return via Queqiao-2 relay.
Blue Ghost Mission 12025-01-15 · Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (TO19D ~$93.3M): Falcon 9 launch 2025-01-15 · soft landing (upright) Mare Crisium 2025-03-02 · all 10 NASA.
IM-2 Athena2025-02-27 · IM-2 Athena (PRIME-1 path): south polar attempt (Mar 2025).
IM-3 TrinityNET H2 2026 · Intuitive Machines IM-3 (CLPS CP-11): Nova-C Trinity - NASA Moon Base III.
CAPSTONE 02NET 2027 · NASA CAPSTONE 02 - two identical ~400 kg-class smallsats (Terran Orbital bus.
IM-4NET ~2027 · Six NASA science payloads to Mons Mouton / south polar highlands.
Artemis IIINET 2027 · First crewed Artemis lunar landing architecture (SLS + Orion + HLS).
Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path)NET late 2020s-2030s (HLS path) · SpaceX Starship lunar architecture: NASA HLS crew lander path (Option A/B) plus heavy cargo configurations.
Artemis IVNET 2028 · National crewed lunar landing architecture after Artemis III.
Blue Ghost Mission 4NET ~2029 · South-pole CLPS with multiple rovers (MoonRanger, CSA path) and instruments.
IM-5 Nova-DNET ~2030 class · First cargo-class Nova-D CLPS.
Artemis VNET ~2030 class · NASA names Artemis V as the flight that delivers ESA Lunar View to Gateway and flies the third crewed lunar surface expedition.

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