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The purpose of this RFI amendment is to extend the response due date from April 23, 2026 to April 30, 2026. Request for Information (RFI) Title: Capability Demonstrations & Supply Chain Challenges for NASA Moon Base Development 1. Purpose In support of the President's Space Superiority Executive Order, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is committed to establishing a permanent lunar outpost by 2030. NASA's Moon Base will serve as a hub for lunar exploration, scientific research, and technology demonstration, paving the way for future missions to Mars and beyond. NASA will accomplish this bold vision by taking a phased development approach to build-out a human-tended Moon Base. 2. Scope NASA is seeking information from industry, academia, and partner stakeholders to inform near term capability maturation for Moon Base. This Request for Information (RFI) invites responses addressing the identification of technologies and hardware solutions that can be rapidly repurposed or quickly and efficiently developed for NASA to launch, integrate, and perform demonstration testing on the lunar surface within the next 2–4 years to aid in capability validation, accelerate the timeline for initial lunar surface operations, and inform future capability development. Respondents should consider science, technology demonstrations and infrastructure that can be easily integrated into CLPS‑class landers and LTV‑class rovers, as well as orbiting communications‑relay or observation platforms, where such demonstrations can provide immediate Moon Base capabilities. Submissions can reference NASA's Architecture‑Driven Technology Gaps and Architecture‑Driven Data (Science) Gaps website {https://www.nasa.gov/moontomarsarchitecture-architecturedefinitiondocuments}, to highlight alignment with NASA‑identified capability shortfalls and architectural need statements. Respondents are encouraged to clearly identify which specific science, technology gaps or infrastructure that their concepts address and describe the anticipated impact on lunar surface operations, risk reduction, and future capability development pathways. NASA encourages ideas for potential public/private partnerships where NASA could facilitate the launch and landing of partner provided science and technology payloads/instruments that bring valuable capabilities to NASA's Moon Base. Respondents are also requested to provide ideas and proposed mitigation approaches to improve supply chain and test facility challenge areas: Supply Chain Challenges Propellant Tank Dome Manufacturing Isolation/Control Valves/Actuators High Thrust Hypergolic Engines (not ACS/RCS) Large-Scale, Bespoke Welding Heat Pipes Radiation Hardened Electronics Any other areas self-identified Test Facility Challenges Hypergolic test stands capable of altitude testing Commercial test house DPAS priority demand over NASA programs NASA Test Facilities schedule prioritization of higher Agency-priority programs Limited Tes…

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