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Last Updated: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, 12:07 AM PDT

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BloombergLoren Grush

NASA is in the middle of an ambitious campaign to send humans back to the moon — and lawmakers are adamant that American astronauts must put boots on the lunar surface again before China’s taikonauts get there

By Bloomberg: Greetings Earthlings, it’s Loren Grush, reporting this week from the US Chamber of Commerce’s aerospace summit in Washington. The pressure is on for the US to beat China in the race to put humans back on the moon.

2025-09-10T22:54:08.281110-07:00
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South China Morning PostBochen Han

NASA bars Chinese nationals with U.S. visas from agency facilities

By South China Morning Post: As race to the moon heats up, space agency spokeswoman says move is to ‘ensure the security of our work’.

2025-09-10T14:20:29.460437-07:00
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New York TimesKenneth Chang

Perseverance rock analysis raises possibility of ancient Martian microbial fossils; NASA remains cautious

By New York Times: The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility.

2025-09-10T08:03:52.240286-07:00
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Business WireDr. Robert E. Zee

SFL Missions Inc. Awarded Contract to Develop Three New HawkEye 360 Satellite Clusters for Radio Frequency Detection

By Business Wire: SFL Missions Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide spacecraft bus units in support of three new HawkEye 360 satellite Clusters, totaling nine spacecraf...

2025-09-10T08:15:18.915126-07:00