SYDNEY, Australia — Solstar Space announced a NASA contract Sept. 29 to develop commercial Wi-Fi access points for the space agency’s Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programs.

Under the $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research award, Solstar will spend six months creating preliminary designs for Wi-Fi access points for human landing systems, lunar rovers, instruments, payloads, sensors, spacesuits and tablet computers.

“Everything needs to be Wi-Fi enabled,” Brian Barnett, Solstar founder and CEO, told SpaceNews. “This is a great opportunity for us to collaborate with NASA Johnson Space Center, the group that pioneered Wi-Fi inside and outside the International Space Station.”

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