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NASA ramps Artemis Moon Base delivery with ~$600M in new robotic lander contracts and considers sending Perseverance’s full-scal

NASA has awarded multiple lunar landing and surface-delivery contracts tied to its Artemis Moon Base effort, selecting Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for lunar payload missions and awarding nearly $600 million across four robotic lander flights. NASA is also “seriously considering” sending Perseverance’s full-scale engineering model to the Moon and evaluating a potential nuclear-powered rover mission, PROMISE.

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2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00

Universe Today

Vera Rubin Observatory kicks off 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in Chile

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2026-06-30T14:30:37.812916-07:00

Space.com

Scientists map a crewed mission concept to Saturn’s moon Titan at Humans to Titan Summit 2026

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2026-06-30T06:16:15.554110-07:00

New York Times

NASA’s Swift Observatory orbital rescue: Katalyst Space Tech mission to be air-launched on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from a

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2026-06-29T10:55:39.248124-07:00

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Vera Rubin Observatory kicks off 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in Chile The science team has officially begun the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a decade-long program to image the southern sky for changes in brightness and position. The start follows years of planning and construction of the billion-dollar Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

2026-06-30T14:30:37.812916-07:00

Vera Rubin Observatory kicks off 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in Chile

Reuters

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NASA ramps Artemis Moon Base delivery with ~$600M in new robotic lander contracts and considers sending Perseverance’s full-scal NASA has awarded multiple lunar landing and surface-delivery contracts tied to its Artemis Moon Base effort, selecting Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for lunar payload missions and awarding nearly $600 million across four robotic lander flights. NASA is also “seriously considering” sending Perseverance’s full-scale engineering model to the Moon and evaluating a potential nuclear-powered rover mission, PROMISE.

2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00

NASA ramps Artemis Moon Base delivery with ~$600M in new robotic lander contracts and considers sending Perseverance’s full-scal

Space.com

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Scientists map a crewed mission concept to Saturn’s moon Titan at Humans to Titan Summit 2026 Researchers at the “Humans to Titan Summit 2026” reviewed why Titan is a plausible destination for human exploration and began mapping a crewed-mission approach. The discussions focused on mission design considerations for sending astronauts to the large Saturn moon.

2026-06-30T06:16:15.554110-07:00

Scientists map a crewed mission concept to Saturn’s moon Titan at Humans to Titan Summit 2026

SpaceNews.com

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Vast appoints The Aerospace Corp. ex-president & CEO as senior adviser Commercial space station developer Vast has named retired The Aerospace Corporation president and chief executive as a senior adviser. The appointment underscores Vast’s push to expand its space station plans with guidance from senior leadership with deep experience in space systems and service-of-record style program execution.

2026-06-30T06:04:46.063526-07:00

Vast appoints The Aerospace Corp. ex-president & CEO as senior adviser

Space.com

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ISS Expedition 74 astronauts to perform June 30 spacewalk to repair Canadarm2 robotic arm NASA astronaut Chris Williams and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot prepare for a June 30 EVA to fix the International Space Station’s Canadarm2. Expedition 74 crew completed spacesuit configuration and procedure reviews, with the three cosmonauts continuing servicing of Roscosmos scientific, electronics, and life-support systems throughout Monday.

2026-06-29T13:11:04.295684-07:00

ISS Expedition 74 astronauts to perform June 30 spacewalk to repair Canadarm2 robotic arm

New York Times

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NASA’s Swift Observatory orbital rescue: Katalyst Space Tech mission to be air-launched on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from a NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies will launch an orbital-servicing mission on June 30, 2026 to arrest the atmospheric decay of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The Pegasus XL rocket will be released from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Stargazer on a racetrack approach from Kwajalein Atoll—its final operational flight.

2026-06-29T10:55:39.248124-07:00

NASA’s Swift Observatory orbital rescue: Katalyst Space Tech mission to be air-launched on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from a

SpaceNews.com

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NASA and ESA advance lunar-surface capability planning with industry input and Argonaut mapping data strategy NASA is seeking industry input to accelerate development of lunar surface technologies, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production, surface power, in-space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials. Separately, ESA says it will use external lunar topographic data for the Argonaut lunar lander’s design and possibly early missions while building its own lunar mapping capability for later flights.

2026-06-29T08:29:09.385236-07:00

NASA and ESA advance lunar-surface capability planning with industry input and Argonaut mapping data strategy

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NASA ISS Risk Margin Warned ‘Alarming’ as 2030 Extension Date Nears A NASA advisory committee chair says the International Space Station’s risk margin for regular operations has fallen to an “alarming” level as time runs out to sustain the ISS in orbit. The warning comes with NASA nearing its 2030 extension target date.

2026-06-29T05:42:51.690099-07:00

NASA ISS Risk Margin Warned ‘Alarming’ as 2030 Extension Date Nears

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