DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies
SpaceNews • 5/1/2026
Summary
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for a lunar mission. The mission aims to search for water ice in very low orbits.
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