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NASA names Amit Kshatriya associate administrator to lead Artemis and exploration programs

Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy appointed Amit Kshatriya — a 20‑year NASA veteran — as the agency’s associate administrator and top civil‑service official to oversee exploration, including leadership of Artemis moon and Mars programs as NASA shifts emphasis toward exploration.

2025-09-03T21:04:49.561327-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Ex‑NASA official tells Senate US is 'highly unlikely' to land astronauts on Moon before China

2025-09-03T13:55:05.095194-07:00

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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Aerospace America

Lunar Outpost details Eagle lunar terrain vehicle test program as NASA LTV selection nears Lunar Outpost has unveiled its Eagle lunar terrain vehicle test and development program, displaying its second prototype, Falcon, on the company test range. The startup is one of three multi‑company teams competing to supply NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle as an agency selection approaches.

2025-09-04T02:02:13.099827-07:00

Lunar Outpost details Eagle lunar terrain vehicle test program as NASA LTV selection nears

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NASA names Amit Kshatriya associate administrator to lead Artemis and exploration programs Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy appointed Amit Kshatriya — a 20‑year NASA veteran — as the agency’s associate administrator and top civil‑service official to oversee exploration, including leadership of Artemis moon and Mars programs as NASA shifts emphasis toward exploration.

2025-09-03T21:04:49.561327-07:00

NASA names Amit Kshatriya associate administrator to lead Artemis and exploration programs

NZ Herald

Syos to triple Mount Maunganui workforce as New Zealand launcher scales toward orbit Syos will triple its Mount Maunganui workforce within 12 months to support its transition toward orbital launch capability. The hiring push is aimed at scaling manufacturing, propulsion and launch operations for the company's small launcher as it moves from development toward flight testing and commercial operations.

2025-09-03T20:06:38.749718-07:00

Syos to triple Mount Maunganui workforce as New Zealand launcher scales toward orbit

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Ex‑NASA official tells Senate US is 'highly unlikely' to land astronauts on Moon before China A former NASA administrator told a Senate panel it is “highly unlikely” the United States will return astronauts to the Moon before China lands taikonauts there, a blunt assessment that sharpens congressional concerns about NASA’s schedule, funding and strategic posture.

2025-09-03T13:55:05.095194-07:00

Ex‑NASA official tells Senate US is 'highly unlikely' to land astronauts on Moon before China

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Senate hearing and op-eds push NASA reauthorization as U.S. response to China’s accelerating space push Congress is mounting a political response to Beijing’s rapid space advances: Senator Ted Cruz will hold a Sept. 3 Senate Commerce hearing on NASA reauthorization and U.S.–China competition, while opinion writers urge prioritizing space science to close capability gaps across LEO, lunar and deep‑space missions.

2025-09-03T05:13:29.033460-07:00

Senate hearing and op-eds push NASA reauthorization as U.S. response to China’s accelerating space push

Aerospace America

CLPS at six: four missions, $386M spent and mixed results as 2025 becomes a judgment year Six years after its launch, NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program has flown four missions—two launches complete with two more possible this year—and received $386 million in agency funding. CLPS aims to lower cost and scale lunar science, but mixed results and schedule slippage make 2025 pivotal.

2025-09-02T02:02:29.365985-07:00

CLPS at six: four missions, $386M spent and mixed results as 2025 becomes a judgment year

Forbes

White House proposal to end SLS after one Artemis landing risks future lunar missions and U.S. space leadership A White House proposal to retire the Space Launch System after a single crewed Artemis lunar touchdown would cancel planned sequel landings, strand billions in hardware investments and create a strategic gap in U.S. deep‑space launch capability, raising questions about long‑term Artemis commitments.

2025-08-31T18:52:23.666526-07:00

White House proposal to end SLS after one Artemis landing risks future lunar missions and U.S. space leadership

New Scientist

Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible: John Glenn, Mercury and Gemini On 20 February 1962 NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth aboard Mercury, nine months after Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering flight. Glenn’s mission—and the Mercury and Gemini programmes that followed—built the operational experience, technical lessons and imagery that enabled the Apollo lunar landings.

2025-08-30T04:55:33.396960-07:00

Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible: John Glenn, Mercury and Gemini

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