NASA announced progress on the Moon Base architecture, including commercial cargo lander deliveries targeted for 2028 and technology demonstrations intended to support a sustained lunar presence. The agency's Phase I plan, running through 2029, calls for more than twenty robotic landings that will validate system capabilities and prepare infrastructure for later human operations.

Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK1 lander, named Endurance, completed an environmental test campaign at NASA's Johnson Space Center, verifying performance under thermal‑vacuum conditions simulating the lunar environment. The lander's structure, propulsion elements, and avionics are assembled, and upcoming checks will confirm wiring harness connections for payload integration. Communications have been tested with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and the Deep Space Network, and cryogenic propellant loading is scheduled as a final test before integration for launch. Endurance will demonstrate precision landing, lunar environment characterization, and autonomous system operations for future Moon Base missions.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 2 builds on a previous landing with a larger, dual‑spacecraft configuration that includes the Elytra orbital spacecraft, creating a system nearly three times the height of the 2025 flight. The mission, planned as the first American landing on the Moon's far side, will carry three NASA payloads and enable studies of far‑side geology and the cosmic Dark Ages. Reusing subsystems from its earlier mission, Firefly aims to accelerate development while reducing risk for scalable commercial lander capabilities.

Intuitive Machines' IM-3 mission will be its third Nova‑C lunar landing and will deploy Altus‑1, the company's first lunar data‑relay satellite. The Nova‑C lander, named Trinity, is undergoing final assembly, with engine integration and hot‑fire tests scheduled. Thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Marshall Space Center confirmed sensor performance across extreme temperature ranges. IM-3 will deliver five NASA payloads along with six commercial and one civil payload to the surface near Reiner Gamma, a lunar magnetic anomaly, and will be the first mission to explore a lunar swirl region.

Voyager Technologies' Griffin‑1 lander is undergoing testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where mass properties data have been collected to support guidance, navigation, and control. The infrastructure‑class lander, scheduled for launch in late 2026, will carry the largest commercial payload to the lunar surface, including five NASA payloads on the Astrolab FLIP rover to demonstrate surface mobility and long‑duration operations. After environmental testing, Griffin‑1 will be moved to Voyager's Lunar System facility in Pittsburgh for final assembly and launch‑readiness operations before shipment to Cape Canaveral.

NASA is partnering with Northrop Grumman to develop three technology demonstration payloads that will test survive‑the‑night systems, shared surface power infrastructure, and avionics capabilities derived from the Gateway program's HALO module. These demonstrations aim to ensure that surface assets can operate through the Moon's extreme thermal cycles and provide reliable power for future Moon Base operations.

The updates reflect NASA's ongoing effort to establish a resilient lunar supply chain and advance the systems and surface capabilities required for a permanent human and robotic presence on the Moon.