1. Artemis 2 Launches First Crewed Lunar Mission Since Apollo 17

    NASA's SLS rocket launched the Orion spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 PM EDT, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby: NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, plus Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen....
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  2. NASA Announces $20 Billion Moon Base Plan, Pauses Lunar Gateway

    At NASA's "Ignition" event, Administrator Jared Isaacman laid out a$20 billion, seven-year plan to build a permanent lunar base near the Moon's south pole. The Lunar Gateway is paused in its current form, with resources redirected to surface infra...
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  3. NASA Plans $20 Billion Moon Base And Cancels Orbiting Lunar Station

    NASA plans to allocate $20 billion for constructing a moon base and has decided to cancel the orbiting lunar space station (Gateway) under the Artemis program. The decision is confirmed as an agency policy shift.The plan includes development of nu...
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  4. NASA Announces New April 1 Launch Date for Artemis Moon Mission

    NASA announced a revised April 1 timeline for the next Artemis II milestone, as it continues preparations for the crewed lunar mission. The update reflects ongoing adjustments to rollout and launch readiness schedules for the Space Launch System (...
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  5. Senate Commerce Advances the NASA Authorization Act of 2026

    The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously advanced the NASA Authorization Act of 2026, which would authorize a permanent Moon base, extend ISS operations to September 30, 2032, and define a transition path to one or more commercial stations once t...
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  6. NASA Rewires Artemis: Artemis III Moves to LEO Test in 2027

    NASA announced a major Artemis restructure that adds a low-Earth orbit test mission in 2027 and moves the first crewed lunar landing to 2028. The stated logic is straightforward: de-risk the stack with an earlier integrated test before committing ...
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  7. Artemis II Launch Slips to April 2026 Following Fueling Test Issues

    NASA flagged a new upper-stage helium pressurization/flow issue discovered during pad operations, prompting troubleshooting and a rollback posture that pushes Artemis II to no earlier than April 2026. This comes after earlier progress on hydrogen ...
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  8. NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

    NASA and SpaceX have delayed theCrew-12 mission to the ISS to no earlier than February 13 due to persistent poor weather in the ascent corridor. The Falcon 9 mission will carry four astronauts to the station, with docking targeted for February 14....
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  9. Senate Begins Confirmation Process For Jared Isaacman As NASA Administrator

    On December 2, the U.S. Senate formally initiated the confirmation process for Jared Isaacman, founder of Shift4 and commander of Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, following President Trump’s nomination of him as the next NASA Administrator. Isaacman...
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  10. Damage To Key Deep Space Antenna Adds Pressure Ahead Of Artemis II

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed that the 70-meter DSS-14 antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Network site has been offline since Sept 16 after an over-rotation incident damaged its cabling and fire-suppression systems. A mishap board is...
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