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NASA unveils $1 B moon base push amid cost questions
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (822+ words) (The Center Square) " NASA unveiled nearly $1 billion in new moon base contracts Tuesday as its top official called for less reliance on taxpayer funding and a faster path to putting astronauts on Mars. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday that…...
Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition | Taiwan News | May. 27, 2026 04: 30
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (198+ words) Motiv's robotic arm on the Perseverance rover LONG BEACH, Calif. , May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Motiv Space Systems (Motiv), a…...
BREAKING: NASA Selects Moon Rover Tested in Rye from Golden Based Lunar Outpost for Artemis Astronauts and Moon Base
59+ min ago (271+ words) NASA announced on May 26 that it selected Lunar Outpost as one of two providers for a crewed lunar rover for the Artemis program, a key component of the agency's plans for the lunar south pole. The award confirms Lunar Outpost's…...
Production rates for lunar rovers are accelerating
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (378+ words) The American company Firefly Aerospace has expanded its manufacturing campus in Texas and opened a new innovation lab. It is now preparing to begin mass production of lunar landers and orbital spacecraft. The expansion took place in Cedar Park, where…...
NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
58+ min ago (361+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. " NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday,…...
UAH researcher earns NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for advancing AI-driven foundational models for science
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (234+ words) Roy has worked with UAH's ESSC since 2022, where he currently serves as the lead AI researcher for the foundation models team supporting the IMPACT AI team within NASA's Office of Data Science and Informatics at Marshall Space Flight Center. The…...
NASA reveals city-sized Moon base plans with Blue Origin support
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (640+ words) Discover the engineering revolution transforming modern defense with Strength, Stealth, Speed: The Very Fast Future of Advanced Defense Blue Origin, Astrobotic, and NASA are preparing new lunar missions as the agency moves closer to building a permanent Moon base. NASA…...
Watch live as NASA announces updates to Artemis moon base plans
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (376+ words) One of the main objectives of NASA's Artemis moon missions is to construct an expensive moon base farther south on the lunar surface than any Apollo astronaut ever traveled. While the lunar headquarters is a few years away from taking…...
UAH researcher earns NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for advancing AI-driven foundational models for science - The University of Alabama in Huntsville
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (235+ words) A widely spreading coronal mass ejection (CME) blasts more than a billion tons of matter out into space at millions of kilometers per hour. NASA's Surya Heliophysics Foundation Model (Surya) studies and predicts the Sun's behavior. Roy has worked with…...
Ancient crystals in Chile's salt flat may offer hints about life on Mars
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (386+ words) starlust. org Ancient crystals in Chile's salt flat may offer hints about life on Mars Gypsum'a mineral known for its use in both modern drywall and the plasters of ancient pyramids'can preserve microbial life. The conditions at Salar de Pajonales,…...