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NASA shelves Lunar Gateway, redirects ~$20B to phased Moon base and unveils Space Reactor‑1 nuclear-electric demonstrator

NASA has shelved the lunar-orbiting Gateway and will repurpose its hardware and funds into a phased, $20 billion lunar surface base to be built over seven years. The agency also unveiled Space Reactor‑1 “Freedom,” a nuclear-electric propulsion demonstrator intended to support deep‑space missions, including a planned 2028 Skyfall Mars helicopter flight.

2026-03-24T07:18:58.654494-07:00

Space.com

NASA to Update Artemis Moon Plans Today — three livestreams start 9 a.m. ET

2026-03-24T03:10:01.956322-07:00

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X-59's second test flight cut short by system warning; nine-minute sortie still yields useful data

2026-03-23T09:50:40.147789-07:00

Bloomberg

NASA shifts crew-transport duties to SpaceX Starship, trims Boeing's role in Artemis

2026-03-22T20:24:38.924138-07:00

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Space.com

Future Artemis missions could use fiber-optic cables to monitor moonquakes Artemis missions may lay fiber-optic cables across the lunar surface to create a new seismic network for detecting and characterizing moonquakes. Researchers say distributed fiber sensing could fundamentally change lunar seismic monitoring by enabling denser, long-range measurements than existing seismometers.

2026-03-24T09:10:42.594472-07:00

Future Artemis missions could use fiber-optic cables to monitor moonquakes

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NASA shelves Lunar Gateway, redirects ~$20B to phased Moon base and unveils Space Reactor‑1 nuclear-electric demonstrator NASA has shelved the lunar-orbiting Gateway and will repurpose its hardware and funds into a phased, $20 billion lunar surface base to be built over seven years. The agency also unveiled Space Reactor‑1 “Freedom,” a nuclear-electric propulsion demonstrator intended to support deep‑space missions, including a planned 2028 Skyfall Mars helicopter flight.

2026-03-24T07:18:58.654494-07:00

NASA shelves Lunar Gateway, redirects ~$20B to phased Moon base and unveils Space Reactor‑1 nuclear-electric demonstrator

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NASA to Update Artemis Moon Plans Today — three livestreams start 9 a.m. ET NASA will provide an update on its Artemis moon plans in a series of three livestreamed briefings, the first beginning at 9 a.m. ET. The sessions will be broadcast live and are intended to inform stakeholders about current program decisions and next steps.

2026-03-24T03:10:01.956322-07:00

NASA to Update Artemis Moon Plans Today — three livestreams start 9 a.m. ET

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Beyond the Rocket: The Digital Infrastructure of the Artemis II Mission When Artemis II lifts off the world will see a rocket; it won't see the layered digital architecture—flight software, mission‑operations networks, ground systems and data pipelines—that enables navigation, crew support and communications. This piece examines those unseen systems and how they underpin the crewed lunar flyby.

2026-03-23T19:40:00.691046-07:00

Beyond the Rocket: The Digital Infrastructure of the Artemis II Mission

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X-59's second test flight cut short by system warning; nine-minute sortie still yields useful data NASA's X-59 completed a second flight but an in-flight system warning forced an early landing after roughly nine minutes. Engineers captured telemetry during the abbreviated sortie to diagnose the issue and feed an expanded series of test flights planned through 2026.

2026-03-23T09:50:40.147789-07:00

X-59's second test flight cut short by system warning; nine-minute sortie still yields useful data

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A dedicated software strategy for Artemis, lunar operations and U.S. space defense NASA’s Artemis missions and Gateway plans will place life‑support, guidance, manual control and mission‑operations software at the center of crewed deep‑space flights. A unified software strategy is needed to coordinate development, verification, reuse and cyber resilience across exploration and defense programs.

2026-03-23T06:02:23.126289-07:00

A dedicated software strategy for Artemis, lunar operations and U.S. space defense

Ars Technica

Arianespace to launch Katalyst's NEXUS‑1 on Ariane 6 to service GEO satellites in 2H 2027 Katalyst Space Technologies has signed with Arianespace to launch its NEXUS‑1 on Ariane 6 in 2H 2027 to GTO, a geostationary on‑orbit servicing vehicle built to rendezvous with, boost or otherwise rescue malfunctioning satellites. The mission highlights Ariane 6's commercial flexibility.

2026-03-23T04:20:40.083148-07:00

Arianespace to launch Katalyst's NEXUS‑1 on Ariane 6 to service GEO satellites in 2H 2027

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NASA shifts crew-transport duties to SpaceX Starship, trims Boeing's role in Artemis NASA is revising its Artemis moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing’s role while assigning SpaceX’s Starship the job of propelling astronauts to lunar orbit. People familiar with the matter say the change reallocates primary crew-transport responsibilities from Boeing’s SLS-related systems to Starship.

2026-03-22T20:24:38.924138-07:00

NASA shifts crew-transport duties to SpaceX Starship, trims Boeing's role in Artemis

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NASA shelves Lunar Gateway, redirects ~$20B to phased Moon base and unveils Space Reactor‑1 nuclear-electric demonstrator

NASA to Update Artemis Moon Plans Today — three livestreams start 9 a.m. ET

X-59's second test flight cut short by system warning; nine-minute sortie still yields useful data

NASA shifts crew-transport duties to SpaceX Starship, trims Boeing's role in Artemis

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