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Response Deadline
May 1, 2026, 3:59 AM(EDT)8 days
Eligibility
Contract Type
Special Notice
The purpose of this RFI amendment is to extend the response due date from April 23, 2026 to April 30, 2026.
Request for Information (RFI)
Title: Capability Demonstrations & Supply Chain Challenges for NASA Moon Base Development
1. Purpose
In support of the President’s Space Superiority Executive Order, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is committed to establishing a permanent lunar outpost by 2030. NASA’s Moon Base will serve as a hub for lunar exploration, scientific research, and technology demonstration, paving the way for future missions to Mars and beyond. NASA will accomplish this bold vision by taking a phased development approach to build-out a human-tended Moon Base.
2. Scope
NASA is seeking information from industry, academia, and partner stakeholders to inform near term capability maturation for Moon Base. This Request for Information (RFI) invites responses addressing the identification of technologies and hardware solutions that can be rapidly repurposed or quickly and efficiently developed for NASA to launch, integrate, and perform demonstration testing on the lunar surface within the next 2–4 years to aid in capability validation, accelerate the timeline for initial lunar surface operations, and inform future capability development.
Respondents should consider science, technology demonstrations and infrastructure that can be easily integrated into CLPS‑class landers and LTV‑class rovers, as well as orbiting communications‑relay or observation platforms, where such demonstrations can provide immediate Moon Base capabilities.
Submissions can reference NASA’s Architecture‑Driven Technology Gaps and Architecture‑Driven Data (Science) Gaps website {https://www.nasa.gov/moontomarsarchitecture-architecturedefinitiondocuments}, to highlight alignment with NASA‑identified capability shortfalls and architectural need statements. Respondents are encouraged to clearly identify which specific science, technology gaps or infrastructure that their concepts address and describe the anticipated impact on lunar surface operations, risk reduction, and future capability development pathways.
NASA encourages ideas for potential public/private partnerships where NASA could facilitate the launch and landing of partner provided science and technology payloads/instruments that bring valuable capabilities to NASA’s Moon Base.
Respondents are also requested to provide ideas and proposed mitigation approaches to improve supply chain and test facility challenge areas:
Supply Chain Challenges
Test Facility Challenges
3. Requested Information
Respondents are requested to provide detailed information on the following:
4. Submission Instructions
Submissions should adhere to the following guidelines:
5. Disclaimer
This is a request for information for planning and information purposes only. This is not a request for proposal or quotation, nor is this a solicitation for a contract or grant award. This RFI does not obligate the Government in any way. The Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with the information submitted in response to this request.
No corresponding solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation following this is released, it will be posted on www.sam.gov (https://www.sam.gov/). It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
6. Points of Contact
For questions regarding this RFI, please email hq-moon-base-rfi@mail.nasa.gov.
Mandy Kuehn
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
HOUSTON TX 77058
HOUSTON, TX, 77058