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Lunar Outpost stakes its moon-base strategy on the Pegasus lunar rover—shifting infrastructure buildout toward commercial surfac

Lunar Outpost frames itself as a lunar infrastructure company, arguing that the moon-base buildout won’t be delivered by astronauts alone. Its new Pegasus lunar rover is positioned as an early proof point for scalable, recurring surface capability as robotic operations become central to base construction and logistics.

2026-05-21T08:13:00.269990-07:00

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NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds

2026-05-21T05:11:30.433668-07:00

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LiveEO wins €6.6M public funding via GRW to advance “Twinspector” Earth-observation constellation

2026-05-21T00:44:25.024000-07:00

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SpaceX targets May 21 Starship Flight 12 with Starship V3 hardware, Raptor 3 engines and Pad 2 for a first payload deployment te

2026-05-20T04:45:30.703693-07:00

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Lunar Outpost stakes its moon-base strategy on the Pegasus lunar rover—shifting infrastructure buildout toward commercial surfac Lunar Outpost frames itself as a lunar infrastructure company, arguing that the moon-base buildout won’t be delivered by astronauts alone. Its new Pegasus lunar rover is positioned as an early proof point for scalable, recurring surface capability as robotic operations become central to base construction and logistics.

2026-05-21T08:13:00.269990-07:00

Lunar Outpost stakes its moon-base strategy on the Pegasus lunar rover—shifting infrastructure buildout toward commercial surfac

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NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has published its most complete view of the sky over Earth, expanding the catalog of potential planets beyond the solar system. The new release highlights roughly 6,000 candidate worlds for follow-on confirmation and characterization.

2026-05-21T05:11:30.433668-07:00

NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds

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LiveEO wins €6.6M public funding via GRW to advance “Twinspector” Earth-observation constellation LiveEO has secured €6.6 million in public funding through Germany’s GRW program to support the next development phase of its “Twinspector” satellite constellation. The tranche underscores ongoing state-backed investment to scale commercial EO capacity and accelerate constellation deployment.

2026-05-21T00:44:25.024000-07:00

LiveEO wins €6.6M public funding via GRW to advance “Twinspector” Earth-observation constellation

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Researchers map a fuel-saving Earth-to-Moon trajectory using advanced computer modeling An international research team reports identifying a “hidden” Earth-to-Moon route that reduces propellant needs, based on advanced computer modeling of cislunar transfer dynamics. The work points to more fuel-efficient trajectory design that could lower mission cost and expand feasible payload and mission profiles for lunar operations.

2026-05-20T13:11:59.045672-07:00

Researchers map a fuel-saving Earth-to-Moon trajectory using advanced computer modeling

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JWST study suggests Neptune’s moon Nereid is the lone intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system A new study reports that Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, may be an intact survivor from the planet’s primordial satellite system. Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study Nereid in 2024, challenging earlier views of a more heavily disrupted past.

2026-05-20T11:09:52.842855-07:00

JWST study suggests Neptune’s moon Nereid is the lone intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system

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Starfighters Space pivots Texas site to microgravity parabolic tests as it reports Q1 2026 results Starfighters Space says it is turning its Texas facility into a staging ground for microgravity flight testing in response to NASA’s request for information on commercial parabolic capabilities. Separately, the company filed its first-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q, underscoring the effort’s near-term financing and operational visibility.

2026-05-20T07:22:40.272787-07:00

Starfighters Space pivots Texas site to microgravity parabolic tests as it reports Q1 2026 results

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Report flags national-security risk in NASA-funded collaborations that may include Chinese researchers A new Congressional report says NASA has potentially funded or supported hundreds of scientific collaborations since 2015 that could involve Chinese researchers. The finding raises concerns that research partnerships enabled by NASA funding may introduce China-related security risks for U.S. interests.

2026-05-20T05:06:08.341331-07:00

Report flags national-security risk in NASA-funded collaborations that may include Chinese researchers

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SpaceX targets May 21 Starship Flight 12 with Starship V3 hardware, Raptor 3 engines and Pad 2 for a first payload deployment te SpaceX is stacking Starship V3 with the upgraded Super Heavy booster at Starbase ahead of Starship Flight 12, targeting May 21. The flight debuts redesigned architecture, Raptor 3 engines and “Pad 2,” paired with the first payload deployment test for the new configuration. SpaceX says it has sunk more than $15 billion into Starship development.

2026-05-20T04:45:30.703693-07:00

SpaceX targets May 21 Starship Flight 12 with Starship V3 hardware, Raptor 3 engines and Pad 2 for a first payload deployment te

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Lunar Outpost stakes its moon-base strategy on the Pegasus lunar rover—shifting infrastructure buildout toward commercial surfac

NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds

LiveEO wins €6.6M public funding via GRW to advance “Twinspector” Earth-observation constellation

SpaceX targets May 21 Starship Flight 12 with Starship V3 hardware, Raptor 3 engines and Pad 2 for a first payload deployment te

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