NASA confirmed progress in integrating the Orion spacecraft with its launch stack, aiming for a no-later-than April 2026 crewed Artemis II mission. Efforts on Artemis III hardware are also underway. This maintains momentum (and deadline pressure) ...

Blue Origin announced “Project Oasis” in partnership with Luxembourg to map and assess key lunar resources (water ice, He‑3, rare earths, radionuclides) via orbit and ground missions. The first phase, Oasis‑1, aims to generate high‑resolution comp...

NASA awarded Blue Origin a $190 million task order under CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) (CS‑7). The first step is design/accommodation and demonstrating how to off‑load the rover; the option to actually do the lunar delivery is pending s...

At a Senate hearing, Senator Ted Cruz warned NASA risks being leapfrogged by China in the lunar race, citing China's 2030 landing goal against NASA’s delayed Artemis timelines. Budget reductions, technical hurdles, and lagging Artemis missions cou...

Interlune secured a $4.8 million grant from the Texas Space Commission to establish a Lunar Regolith Simulant Center of Excellence near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The facility will support testing of lunar mission hardware, spanning l...