Isaacman tells NASASpaceflight NASA will withhold the SLS/Orion launch commitment until Blue Origin's New Glenn/Blue Moon flight is already in orbit and chec...
Space.com adds that Apeiron is designed for twice-weekly flights over a 500-plus-mission lifetime, dropping from carrier aircraft VMS Eve at about 45,000 fee...
Vietnam's science and technology minister signed the Artemis Accords at a ceremony with the US ambassador in Quang Ninh.
Virgin Galactic unveiled its first Delta-class vehicle, Apeiron, and flew it from Arizona to Spaceport America ahead of flight testing.
Per RussianSpaceWeb, an unstoppable leak forces Roscosmos to permanently seal Zvezda's transfer chamber, changing how Progress ships dock.
Fortune's own writeup of NASA's Oct 23 Artemis briefing adds the Orion/Blue Moon docking altitude and direct quotes from Isaacman and NASA's Kshatriya.
NASA publicly confirmed the sortie suit plan for the first time, saying initial Artemis crews will be limited to two hours of surface time across two excursi...
SpacePolicyOnline's fuller writeup adds ASAP's concern about future LEO access as Falcon and Dragon wind down, and context on Isaacman's Artemis III redesign.
NASA laid out Artemis III's day-by-day three-vehicle test sequence and two competing lander options for Artemis IV's 2028 Moon landing.
Australia counter-proposed ESA's offer to fly astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the ISS on a chartered SpaceX Crew Dragon.
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is opening a formal recommendation urging NASA to rebalance Artemis IV's mission risk.
Firefly's Elytra spacecraft passed its preliminary design review four months after contract award, with launch targeted for late 2028.
A NASA-commissioned report names four non-polar sites for future crewed moon landings beyond Artemis.
Uzbekistan's foreign minister signed the Artemis Accords in Samarkand as Secretary of State Rubio toured Central Asia.
ISRO validated the re-entry separation sequence for its first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, targeted for 2026.
JAXA tapped the Japanese startup to study a lunar rover navigation receiver and build a lunar-satellite signal-reception demo.
Engineers counted nine char-loss spots on Artemis II's heat shield, a tenfold drop from 103 on Artemis I, after a shorter reentry.
NASA finished stacking Artemis III's twin SLS boosters, the next step before a pad tanking test ahead of a June 2027 target.
A Polish deputy minister said US political and budgetary uncertainty complicates long-term Artemis commitments, per European Spaceflight.
ESA says Adenot's 237-day mission is the longest single ESA spaceflight on record, surpassing Luca Parmitano's previous mark by more than 35 days.
NASA issued its final request for proposals for commercial space stations, with industry responses due December 8.
Dragon splashed down off California, closing out Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev's 237-day ISS mission.
ASI is consulting industry and researchers on a proposed orbital platform that would generate controlled artificial gravity.
NASA Administrator Isaacman confirms SpaceX's Falcon 9/Dragon sunset plan; adds NASA's $3.1 billion Crew Dragon investment and SpaceX's notice to private spa...
An ESA talk at IAC 2026 cited a later, "late 2027" Artemis III date than NASA's own public mid-2027 target.
NASA's Moon Base program is weighing bulk, multi-rocket launch buys as SpaceX limits new Falcon 9 bookings past 2028.
Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to command a crewed orbital spaceflight, per PBS NewsHour and AOL.
Redwire will build two more Roll-Out Solar Array wings for Axiom Station's second module, after supplying the first.
ESA signed an expanded memorandum with Vast at IAC 2026 to study European use of Vast's Haven station after the ISS retires.
Aschbacher proposed a 10-year, 10 billion euro plan for Europe to launch its own astronauts without relying on NASA or SpaceX.
NASA confirms Crew-13 docked after a record 7-hour, 55-minute flight, the fastest ever for a US spacecraft to the ISS.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman puts a $359 million price tag on the Starliner thruster fixes and Vulcan Centaur's human-rating certification.
NASA confirms Crew-13's Dragon docked after a record 7-hour, 55-minute flight, the fastest ever for a US spacecraft to the ISS.
SpaceNews reports development spending for the initial system would be capped at €1 billion per three-year funding period, over two such periods, a figure no...
NASA awarded Modulate Space a roughly $38 million contract to develop a 5G and Wi-Fi 6 network for the lunar surface.
Ars Technica carries NASA's statement: Canadarm2 is operating as expected and inspecting Crew-12's Dragon, while the transporter's communication errors are b...
ESA has awarded two nine-month feasibility studies, led by Airbus and OHB, for a European-led orbital outpost after the ISS.
NASA and Boeing set Starliner's uncrewed test for no earlier than December, crewed ISS flight targeted for mid-2028.
The ISS transporter Canadarm2 rides on is throwing errors; NASA is checking if its parked spot could disrupt Crew-13's Dragon docking.
San Marino's industry minister signed the Artemis Accords in Rimini, becoming the 76th signatory nation.
NASA assigned Kayla Barron, Chris Birch, Makoto Suwa and Arutyun Kiviryan to its 14th SpaceX crew rotation to the ISS.
Côte d'Ivoire signed the Artemis Accords in Abidjan, becoming the 75th signatory and the ninth African nation to join.
NASA said Sept. 22 it and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m.
Vast is standing up a Lunar Programs division to apply its Haven space-station work to power, communications and habitats on the Moon.
Croatia's science minister signed the Artemis Accords in Zagreb, becoming the 74th signatory nation.
NASA chief Jared Isaacman said the agency 'dodged a bullet' with China's lunar mission delay, at a Houston conference.
Albania's foreign affairs minister signed the Artemis Accords at NASA headquarters, becoming the 73rd signatory nation.
Isaacman told NASA staff Artemis III is roughly 90 days behind schedule, with recovery still possible before a summer 2027 launch.
The mission, previously targeted for Sept. 12 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, will carry NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshu...
NASA modified SpaceX's Commercial Crew contract to add Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17 for $946 million.
Icarus Robotics tested its free-flying robot Joy in zero gravity in Canada ahead of a 2027 ISS demonstration.
SpaceX's Shotwell declined to commit to Crew Dragon flying beyond 2030 and pointed to Boeing's Starliner instead.
NASA's Isaacman says Italy committed over $5 billion to a lunar habitat, securing two Italian astronauts Moon-surface seats.
ESA confirmed a 760 million euro ALADDIN Phase 2 contract for Exploration Company's Nyx ISS cargo missions.
ESA signed on Greece's behalf for Vast to fly flight surgeon Adrianos Golemis to the ISS in 2027 as the country's first astronaut.
Per Central Florida Public Media, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 8 the repair could take two to four weeks, pushing the launch to at least late...
The $300M-target 'in talks' round (July 26) closed at $450M, 50% above target, with a named investor syndicate and a CEO quote; upgrading the lead from infor...
Per NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: not every NASA problem has a commercial fix.
Sierra Space signed undisclosed national security and commercial customers to fly payloads on Dream Chaser's first mission.
Per Ars Technica, NASA has decided to use a simpler 'Sortie Suit' spacesuit variant for the first Artemis lunar-surface missions.
Turkey's industry minister signed the Artemis Accords at NASA headquarters, becoming the 71st signatory nation.
NASA and SpaceX fixed the Dragon oxidizer leak that delayed Crew-13 and now target an Oct. 1 ISS launch.
Paragon Space Development laid off staff after Northrop Grumman terminated its NASA Gateway life-support subcontract.
Greenley said on MDA's Q2 earnings call, reported by Payload August 10, that Canada's Moon work will continue "full steam ahead" with the technology pivot; C...
NASA's low Earth orbit program manager Dana Weigel said August 5 the arrangement covers Soyuz and SpaceX's Crew Dragon but does not yet extend to Boeing's St...
CSA will keep funding MDA Space's Canadarm3 program, repurposed from Gateway to lunar surface robotics and commercial LEO stations.
A fire in a TsNIIMash building basement, the facility that houses Russian ISS mission control, was extinguished with no injuries reported.
SpaceX will swap armored MRAPs for Tesla Cybertrucks as pad-emergency crew rescue vehicles, starting with Crew-13 in September.
Northrop Grumman will convert HALO module technology into three Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions testing Moon Base survival systems.
NASA and SpaceX finished wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the Super Heavy V3 booster behind the Artemis III lander.
The Exploration Company closed a $450 million Series C, 50% above its $300 million July target, to fund Nyx and its Storm engine.
Vast hired ex-Slingshot Aerospace CEO Melanie Stricklan to lead a new division chasing national security work.
Redwire opened a 30,000-square-foot Indiana facility for microgravity biotech R&D and ISS payload operations.
Two Starlink mini laser terminals on Orion's exterior will downlink 4K video during Artemis III's crewed rendezvous demonstration.
Russia commits to the station's 2030 retirement date, two years past its prior pledge, and keeps its no-cost astronaut seat-swap with NASA.
Voyager closed its acquisition of lunar lander maker Astrobotic, now renamed Voyager Lunar Systems.
The Exploration Company set up a Houston-based US entity, TEC Federal, to compete for US government contracts.
NASA and SBA partner to unlock capital for space suppliers
Blue Origin has seven Blue Moon landers in production, first slips to 2027
Corroboration correction (found_none was wrong): SatNews independently reports the same seven-lander Blue Moon production figure from the July 6 Spacetide talk.
Lunar Forge unveils plan to build lunar structures from moon dust
NASA awards $590 million across four lunar lander missions
NASA watchdog blames overconfidence for Starliner problems
NASASpaceflight independently covered the same June 30 Moon Base Phase One lander awards (Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, Firefly), including a direct on-rec...
NASA and the SBA signed an agreement to help attract private capital for space technology suppliers.
Blue Origin says seven Blue Moon lunar landers are in production, with the first cargo lander now slipping to Q1 2027.
NASA issued a draft RFP for Commercial LEO Destinations, planning to fund at least two station builders in early development.
Startup Lunar Forge came out of stealth with laser-sintering tech that turns lunar regolith into structures, starting with reactor housing.
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines split nearly $600 million in new NASA lunar lander task orders.
A NASA Inspector General report blames overconfidence and unrealistic schedules for Starliner's Commercial Crew problems.
The CLPS lander, designated Moon Base II by NASA, heads to California testing before a late-2026 Falcon Heavy launch.
Bresnik commands, Parmitano pilots; the reprofiled mission will demo docking with Blue Origin and SpaceX lander test versions.
ESA signed a deal for Vast to fly Czech astronaut Ales Svoboda to the ISS in 2027 under a NASA-awarded mission.
Voyager will acquire lunar lander pioneer Astrobotic for up to $300 million in cash and stock, expected to close by early July 2026.