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

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 that deliver the human cadence required to establish and sustain a permanent lunar base. The goal is to establish a permanent, continuously crewed U.S. lunar base that supports science, surface operations, technology maturation, and industrial activity. Respondents should provide information on their end-to-end lunar transportation architecture for human missions, including technical, programmatic, and price and business case topics. • The RFI is aligned with the Executive Order “Ensuring American Space Superiority” • NASA is seeking transportation concepts capable of supporting the sustained buildup, logistics resupply, and crew rotation tempo required for lunar base operations • Proposed human transportation systems must be capable of rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking with existing Human Landing System (HLS) providers • Respondents should provide sensitivity of launch cadence and surface duration, and their effects on unit costs.