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=== Commercial Lunar Payload Services ===

{{Further|Commercial Lunar Payload Services}}

On November 29, 2018, Draper Laboratory was named a [[Commercial Lunar Payload Services]] (CLPS) contractor by [[NASA]], which makes it eligible to bid on delivering science and technology payloads to the Moon for NASA.<ref name="CLPS_win">{{cite web |title=NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Services |date=29 November 2018 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-new-partnerships-for-commercial-lunar-payload-delivery-services |publisher=NASA |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> Draper Lab formally proposed a lunar lander called ''Artemis-7''.<ref>[https://spacenews.com/draper-developing-technologies-for-lunar-landings/ Draper developing technologies for lunar landings.] Jeff Foust, ''Space News''. 18 July 2019.</ref><ref name='CLEPS Artemis 7'>[https://spacenews.com/draper-bids-on-nasa-commercial-lunar-lander-competition/ Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition]. Jeff Foust, ''Space News''. 10 October 2018.</ref> The company explained that the number 7 denotes the 7th lunar lander mission in which Draper Laboratory would be involved, after the six Apollo lunar landings.<ref name='CLEPS Artemis 7'/> The lander concept is based on a design by a Japanese company called [[ispace (Japanese company)|ispace]], which is a team member of Draper in this venture.<ref name='CLEPS partners'>[https://www.draper.com/news-releases/draper-unveils-team-nasas-next-moonshot Draper Unveils Team for NASA's Next Moonshot].  Draper Laboratory press release on 9 October 2018.</ref> Subcontractors in this venture include [[General Atomics]] which will manufacture the lander, and [[Spaceflight Industries]], which will arrange launch services for the lander.<ref name='CLEPS partners'/><ref>[https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/21/nasa-to-soon-announce-first-commercial-lunar-lander-mission/ NASA to soon announce winner of first commercial lunar lander competition]. Stephen Clark, ''Spaceflight Now''.  May 2019.</ref> As of September 2023, Draper and ispace are developing a lunar lander called [[APEX 1.0]] to deliver CLPS payloads to the moon 
in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/ispace-revises-design-of-lunar-lander-for-nasa-clps-mission/ |title=Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=29 September 2023 |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref>