Human Landing System

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.

Starlink deployments and orbital fueling demos are on tap for the Starship Version 3 flights that SpaceX will begin in 2026.

As Tom Mueller, founder and CEO of Impulse Space, sees it, the market for transporting cargo to the Moon has a missing middle.

Blue Origin’s prototype lunar lander is slated for a demonstration mission this year.

NASA again has pushed back anticipated launch dates for the Artemis II and Artemis III crewed lunar missions in light of Orion crew capsule heat-shield damage.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.

When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?

Team wants data on S4 dynamics in simulated lunar space.

SpaceX and NASA are meeting to discuss options for Artemis III’s return to the lunar surface.

Singer has held the director’s post since 2018, after serving two years as MSFC’s deputy director.

The CJS portion of the 2024 spending legislation that includes NASA and which was marked up by the full committee passed by a bipartisan 28-1 vote.

NASA’s return to the Moon—and future human exploration initiatives—rely on private sector partnerships.

The cislunar transporter would make propellant runs from LEO to lunar orbit.

Five years after Jeff Bezos began wooing NASA to buy Blue Origin lunar landing services, the U.S. space agency said “yes.”