Blue Origin   Intuitive Machines   Moon   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   NASA  
Bloomberg • Loren Grush

NASA selects Blue Origin and Firefly for first lunar base-construction missions; awards $75M JPL Moonwalk/Farside-south-pole dro

NASA said it is launching three uncrewed lunar missions this year to kickstart a phased, ~$20bn Moon-base plan before decade-end. The agency chose Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin for the first mission and selected Firefly Aerospace for a $75M JPL subcontract to deliver four drones to the lunar south pole by 2028.

Payload • Anne Cheever, Ellen P. Carlin

NASA Awards LTV, Lunar Transport Contracts

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2026-05-26T12:54:36.648420-07:00
Event   Europe   Defense Budgets & Spending   Commercial Space   Policy & Regulation  
SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

The surge in military budgets can help Europe's entrepreneurial space sector

By SpaceNews.com: AMSTERDAM – The recent surge in European defense spending could bolster Europe’s entrepreneurial space sector, but only if bureaucratic roadblocks are cleared, panelists said at the SmallSat Europe conference.

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2026-05-26T10:05:53.544149-07:00
Satellite   Europe   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Policy & Regulation   Export Controls & Trade Compliance  
Reuters • Foo Yun Chee

Exclusive: Starlink and Amazon may be able to buy into EU mobile satellite spectrum plan

By Reuters: Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's low-earth-orbit satellite business may be able ​to acquire some European mobile satellite spectrum next year, two ‌people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

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2026-05-26T07:23:07.354525-07:00