PayloadJacqueline Feldscher

Jared Isaacman pledges monthly uncrewed lunar landings from 2027 to support Moon‑base construction

Jared Isaacman announced plans to begin monthly uncrewed lunar landings in 2027 to support construction of a moon base, telling Spaceflight Now, “We are going to plus up for Moon base construction in a huge way.” The comments were made in an interview released late Friday.

2026-03-16T05:37:52.995115-07:00
SpaceNews.comAndrew Jones

China launches Yaogan-50 into highly retrograde orbit; Kuaizhou-11 rideshare deploys eight satellites

By SpaceNews.com: China launches new highly retrograde Yaogan satellite, KZ-11 rideshare deploys 8 satellites China conducted a pair of launches Sunday, sending a second Yaogan-50 satellite into a highly retrograde orbit and completing a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket rideshare mission.

2026-03-16T04:18:13.936371-07:00