Moon mining startup Interlune says it has received a $348,000 grant from NASA’s TechFlights program to test its lunar regolith beneficiation equipment.
ESA has given the provisional go-ahead for a mission to fly by the Apophis asteroid in 2029 as part of planetary defense, with NASA also sending Osiris-Apex.
Four volunteers with astronaut-like credentials have concluded the first of NASA’s three planned yearlong Earth-based missions on a simulated Martian surface.
Firefly Aerospace has deployed eight cubesats for NASA with a flight of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, amid operational expansion efforts.
NASA is delaying plans for multiple spacewalks to assess the cause of a leak from a water coolant system umbilical that supports spacesuit thermal control.
The work includes logistical support and integration of crew provisions and supplies needed to sustain a human presence in space from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
