In-space services & exploration
Impulse Space
Impulse Space develops spacecraft for payload transport after launch and holds NASA lunar transportation task orders.
- In space mobility
- Orbital transfer
- Spacecraft propulsion
- Lunar transportation
- Payload deployment
- Space industry
- International space
- Space companies
- Aerospace
- In-space services
- Space exploration
Impulse Space develops in-space transportation vehicles, including Mira, Helios and a lunar lander. The company identifies Redondo Beach, California, as its headquarters and describes Tom Mueller as its founder. NASA independently selected Impulse as a launch services provider under its venture-class procurement programme.
For its lunar work, Impulse describes separate missions using Falcon 9 and Terran R launches, followed by payload delivery using its own spacecraft. These are planned missions: the company targets their start in 2028. The awards establish contracted work, rather than proof that those lunar delivery services have flown.
Milestones
- 22 August 2024
NASA selected Impulse Space as an additional VADR launch services provider.[2] - 07 November 2026
Impulse announced two NASA Moon Base transportation task orders, with missions scheduled to begin in 2028.[3]
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Coverage of Impulse Space
Lunar logistics
NASA awards $1.3 billion in lunar transport task orders
Six orders cover launch and orbital transfer demonstrations. Company plans describe future missions, including a Ranger vehicle still in development; the combined value is separate from the broader contract ceiling.
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