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NASA selects 10 new astronaut candidates for Artemis‑era training, stresses return to the Moon ahead of China

NASA named a 10‑member astronaut class Sept. 22 — six women and four men — chosen from more than 8,000 applicants. The group, which includes a former SpaceX crew member and launch director, will report in January for two‑year training as NASA advances Artemis lunar plans.

2025-09-22T09:59:41.759729-07:00

Space.com

NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware

2025-09-23T11:52:21.794781-07:00

Wall Street Journal

Starship’s 10th Test Flight Largely Successful — Deploys Eight Mock Starlink Sats and Validates Heat‑Shield Tiles

2025-08-26T18:23:49.861540-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX calls off 10th Starship test flight after ground‑systems glitch, delaying Mars timeline

2025-08-24T16:53:27.853236-07:00

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Blue Origin and Luxembourg launch Project Oasis — Oasis‑1 to map lunar water ice, helium‑3 and radionuclides Blue Origin and Luxembourg partners announced Project Oasis, a multi‑phase campaign to identify and exploit lunar resources. Oasis‑1, the first mission, will produce the most detailed orbital and ground maps yet of lunar water ice, helium‑3 and radionuclides, and feed downstream in‑situ resource‑utilization efforts.

2025-09-30T19:32:45.955048-07:00

Blue Origin and Luxembourg launch Project Oasis — Oasis‑1 to map lunar water ice, helium‑3 and radionuclides

Space.com

Global space leaders push for a continuous lunar presence and coordinated path to Mars World space leaders outlined plans for a sustained lunar presence and coordinated pathways to crewed missions to Mars, saying "The exploration of the moon is going to be a continuous activity." They framed the Moon as an enduring platform to support long‑term operations and future human missions to Mars.

2025-09-29T14:04:29.785457-07:00

Global space leaders push for a continuous lunar presence and coordinated path to Mars

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JWST detects carbon-rich, moon-forming circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has directly measured the chemical and physical properties of a carbon‑rich circumplanetary disk around the young, Jupiter‑mass exoplanet CT Cha b, about 625 light‑years away — the first detailed characterization of a potential moon‑forming disk around a massive planet.

2025-09-29T07:15:53.056965-07:00

JWST detects carbon-rich, moon-forming circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b

orlandosentinel.com

Blue Origin opens Lunar Plant 1 and New Glenn rocket factory on Florida Space Coast Blue Origin opened Lunar Plant 1 at its Florida Space Coast complex to manufacture Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar landers for NASA's Artemis program, and unveiled a massive New Glenn rocket factory in Brevard County where New Glenn vehicles are moving down the production line toward upcoming launches.

2025-09-27T08:36:17.187015-07:00

Blue Origin opens Lunar Plant 1 and New Glenn rocket factory on Florida Space Coast

Los Angeles Times

Starship’s test-flight success advances Mars push as Musk confronts terrestrial hurdles SpaceX's Starship recently completed a successful test flight, advancing Elon Musk’s plan to reach Mars. But the program faces significant terrestrial challenges that could slow the move from prototype milestones to regular operations and shape Starship’s wider industry role.

2025-09-27T03:13:12.592024-07:00

Starship’s test-flight success advances Mars push as Musk confronts terrestrial hurdles

Space.com

Tiny Apollo 17 sample suggests Moon’s largest impacts occurred more than 4.25 billion years ago New isotopic and petrographic analysis of a small Apollo 17 rock fragment indicates the Moon's largest impacts occurred more than 4.25 billion years ago. The result pushes major basin-forming collisions earlier in lunar history and informs models used to date lunar surface ages.

2025-09-26T15:02:52.694094-07:00

Tiny Apollo 17 sample suggests Moon’s largest impacts occurred more than 4.25 billion years ago

SpaceQ

Science at the Moon: How Artemis 2 Advances NASA and CSA Science Objectives Artemis 2’s astronauts have dominated headlines, but the mission also carries a focused science programme of experiments and observations developed to advance specific NASA and Canadian Space Agency objectives — from lunar environment measurements to technology demonstrations — integrated into the crewed lunar mission’s operations.

2025-09-26T09:29:35.955315-07:00

Science at the Moon: How Artemis 2 Advances NASA and CSA Science Objectives

Space.com

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NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware NASA is targeting February 2026 for Artemis II, a 10‑day crewed lunar flyby carrying four astronauts — the first since Apollo — to validate Orion systems, international hardware (including Canadian contributions) and mission operations and readiness ahead of Artemis III and future Mars missions.

2025-09-23T11:52:21.794781-07:00

NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware

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