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NASA announced awards for lunar transportation, lander, technology and science work to expand capabilities for its planned Moon Base. Eight companies were selected for the next phase of the cargo lander network, while the agency is proceeding with plans to convert a Mars rover engineering model for lunar use in 2028.
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NASA announced awards for lunar transportation, lander, technology and science work to expand capabilities for its planned Moon Base. Eight companies were selected for the next phase of the cargo lander network, while the agency is proceeding with plans to convert a Mars rover engineering model for lunar use in 2028.
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NASA is recruiting its next astronaut class, with applications due Dec. 3 and final selections planned for late 2027 to support Artemis and a planned Moon Base. The agency also used a Kennedy Space Center air show to promote lunar exploration and electric aviation, and its administrator described plans for a larger aerospace exhibition intended to rival the Paris Air Show.
Mars Global Surveyor was designed to give NASA another chance to study and map the Red Planet after contact with Mars Observer was lost three days before that spacecraft was due to enter orbit. Launched 30 years ago, the mission was NASA’s first Mars mission in 20 years.
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In an exclusive interview, NASA chief Jared Isaacman discusses Artemis, China and the renewed race to the moon. He says the mission’s implications are “pretty severe,” describing an unusually intense focus on executing it and expressing confidence that the U.S. will prevail.
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NASA’s effort to return astronauts to the moon depends on Axiom Space, whose track record the article describes as uneven. The Houston-based startup has partnered with Prada and counts among its investors a firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner.
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The annual CapeWeek exhibition is planned for NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility near Cape Canaveral, with a 1,900-acre venue intended to showcase commercial and private aviation alongside space technology. Trump has described the event as larger than the Paris Air Show and Farnborough International Airshow.
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