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 nominati...

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 cabli...

Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut and known ally of Elon Musk, held meetings with acting NASA leadership about reinstatement as a NASA administrator nomination. Isaacman previously was removed fr...

The U.S. Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution, extending the federal government shutdown with no immediate path to reopening. Approximately 15,000 of NASA’s 18,000 civil servants hav...

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...

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 opt...

On the Shawn Ryan Show podcast, Jared Isaacman revealed that SpaceX has advanced “two generations beyond” the EVA suit tested on Polaris Dawn. The company ultimately plans to produce thousands of s...

NASA has published a draft Phase 2 Announcement for Partnership Proposals, soliciting feedback from industry on the next phase of developing commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) space stations. Industr...

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, t...