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NASA trims support for multiple commercial LEO stations as it reprioritizes to speed lunar plans

NASA is revamping its Commercial LEO strategy, withdrawing agency support for two planned post‑ISS commercial stations and proposing a phased transition that uses the ISS as a bridge. The move redirects resources to accelerate moon missions and a sustained lunar base, reshaping Houston‑led programs and increasing pressure on commercial developers to secure private funding.

2026-03-25T06:10:23.971977-07:00

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Europe's Hera completes largest fuel burn to boost speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendezvous

2026-03-25T07:05:49.653560-07:00

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Musk's 'Self‑Growing' Lunar City: Technical, Commercial and Policy Challenges

2026-03-25T06:10:20.245295-07:00

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NASA awards Intuitive Machines $180.4M CLPS contract to deliver seven payloads to lunar South Pole

2026-03-25T05:58:22.350058-07:00

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Europe's Hera completes largest fuel burn to boost speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendezvous ESA's Hera probe executed the mission's largest propulsive maneuver to date — its biggest fuel consumption event — accelerating onto a higher‑speed trajectory while remaining on track for a planned asteroid rendezvous in November. Ground teams report the burn preserved the mission timeline and trajectory accuracy.

2026-03-25T07:05:49.653560-07:00

Europe's Hera completes largest fuel burn to boost speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendezvous

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NASA trims support for multiple commercial LEO stations as it reprioritizes to speed lunar plans NASA is revamping its Commercial LEO strategy, withdrawing agency support for two planned post‑ISS commercial stations and proposing a phased transition that uses the ISS as a bridge. The move redirects resources to accelerate moon missions and a sustained lunar base, reshaping Houston‑led programs and increasing pressure on commercial developers to secure private funding.

2026-03-25T06:10:23.971977-07:00

NASA trims support for multiple commercial LEO stations as it reprioritizes to speed lunar plans

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Musk's 'Self‑Growing' Lunar City: Technical, Commercial and Policy Challenges Elon Musk has proposed a 'self‑growing' lunar city; this analysis lays out the technical, commercial and policy hurdles that will determine its feasibility. It examines surface infrastructure needs, financing and business models, launch cadence and governance questions tied to lunar resource use and international law.

2026-03-25T06:10:20.245295-07:00

Musk's 'Self‑Growing' Lunar City: Technical, Commercial and Policy Challenges

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NASA awards Intuitive Machines $180.4M CLPS contract to deliver seven payloads to lunar South Pole NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines a $180.4 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract for the IM‑5 mission to deliver seven science and technology payloads to the lunar South Pole. The award advances NASA’s proposed increase in robotic lander cadence and expands commercial lunar services.

2026-03-25T05:58:22.350058-07:00

NASA awards Intuitive Machines $180.4M CLPS contract to deliver seven payloads to lunar South Pole

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NASA begins integration and hardware testing of nuclear‑powered Dragonfly rotorcraft ahead of 2028 Titan launch Engineers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have started system integration and hardware testing for Dragonfly, the car‑sized, nuclear‑powered rotorcraft bound for Saturn’s moon Titan. The milestone advances the mission toward its planned 2028 launch after years of component development and simulation work across multiple organizations.

2026-03-25T04:35:21.214477-07:00

NASA begins integration and hardware testing of nuclear‑powered Dragonfly rotorcraft ahead of 2028 Titan launch

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Artemis 2 slated for April 1 launch — first crewed deep‑space mission in 50+ years Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch April 1, marking the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. The flight will carry astronauts into deep space and validates deep‑space operational readiness.

2026-03-25T03:15:19.447910-07:00

Artemis 2 slated for April 1 launch — first crewed deep‑space mission in 50+ years

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From Missions to Systems: The Architecture Enabling a Sustained Lunar Economy A systems-level examination of the infrastructure—communications, power, logistics, habitats, operations and standards—required to transition lunar activity from episodic missions to continuous, commercially enabled presence. The piece maps the technical, operational and organizational building blocks needed to underpin a viable lunar economy.

2026-03-24T16:24:38.946644-07:00

From Missions to Systems: The Architecture Enabling a Sustained Lunar Economy

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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 trims support for multiple commercial LEO stations as it reprioritizes to speed lunar plans

Europe's Hera completes largest fuel burn to boost speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendezvous

Musk's 'Self‑Growing' Lunar City: Technical, Commercial and Policy Challenges

NASA awards Intuitive Machines $180.4M CLPS contract to deliver seven payloads to lunar South Pole

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