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Lunar Outpost

Logo: lunaroutpost.com3

American private space company

Lunar Outpost is a private space company headquartered in Golden, Colorado, US. It is active in the areas of space robotics, lunar surface mobility, and space resources. The company developed the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover, which operated at the lunar South Pole in 2025, and holds a contract to develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis Program.2 It was founded by Justin Cyrus.1 It employed 200 people in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2017Founded1

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Photo: Morgan Garnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Lunar Outpost is a private space company headquartered in Golden, Colorado, US. It is active in the areas of space robotics, lunar surface mobility, and space resources. The company developed the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover, which operated at the lunar South Pole in 2025, and holds a contract to develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis Program.2

The story

Founded by Justin Cyrus in 2017.1

Leadership

Who has led Lunar Outpost, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Employees over time

  • 20242001

Timeline

  1. 2017Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$243.7M 2018–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2018–2026: $243.7M in all. Federal contracts $243.7M.$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2018 · Federal contracts: $48.9K20182019 · Federal contracts: $803.7K2020 · Federal contracts: $49.1K20202021 · Federal contracts: $896.3K2022 · Federal contracts: $1.2M20222023 · Federal contracts: $1.7M2024 · Federal contracts: $47.7M20242025 · Federal contracts: $2.9M2026 · Federal contracts: $188.5M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$188.5M$188.5M
2025$2.9M$2.9M
2024$47.7M$47.7M
2023$1.7M$1.7M
2022$1.2M$1.2M
2021$896.3K$896.3K
2020$49.1K$49.1K
2019$803.7K$803.7K
2018$48.9K$48.9K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2018–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. May 26, 2026$121.0M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The lunar terrain vehicle services (ltvs) high achievability mission campaign is a series of phased, mission unique, task orders aimed to ac6 To LUNAR OUTPOST INC Award 80JSC026FA107
  2. Jul 30, 2024$7.4M from Department of the Air Force: Mobile autonomous robotic swarms7 To LUNAR OUTPOST INC Award FA238524CB019
  3. Feb 27, 2023$1.7M from Department of the Air Force: Autonomous robotic assembly and manufacturing system (aram)8 To LUNAR OUTPOST INC Award FA864923P0576
  4. Sep 27, 2024$1.1M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Pre priced evaluation of nasa mission requirements assessment9 To LUNAR OUTPOST INC Award 80JSC024FA181
  5. Jan 22, 2024$850.0K from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Sttr phase ii design and implementation tools for lunar surface regolith structure construction10 To LUNAR OUTPOST INC Award 80NSSC24CA033

Sources

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