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Bloomberg • Loren Grush

NASA advances Moon-base buildout with lunar transport contracts, terrain contracts, and three 2026 lander missions—plus “perimet

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the “grand return” to the Moon is close as the agency awards lunar transport and delivery contracts and buys “cars” for astronauts to drive on the surface. NASA also outlines terrain-related awards and plans three lunar lander missions in 2026, framing work as part of a Moon-base effort and noting the Outer Space Treaty.

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