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There are two leading approaches to staying on the Moon and powering through the frigid lunar night: nuclear fission reactors and regenerative fuel cells.

As the clock ticks toward a U.S. government shutdown, opponents claim the Trump administration will undermine NASA's missions, safety protocols and workforce.

“We can’t waste a day,” Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Sept. 30 during an interview with Aviation Week on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress.

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health selected HarmonEyes for assessment of an artificial intelligence-powered eye tracking platform.

American Honda Motor Co. plans to study integrating its regenerative fuel cell system with Astrobotic’s Vertical Solar Array Technology for long-term operations on the Moon.

NASA is opting for a new flight trajectory for the next Artemis mission to reduce risks to astronauts as the agency gears up to return to the lunar surface in 2027.

NASA is delaying plans to issue a solicitation for the next phase of a public-private partnership program to spur development of one or more new space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) while it assesses feedback from industry.

Katalyst Space won a $30 million Small Business Innovation Research contract from NASA to attempt to save a space telescope from reentering the atmosphere.

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

Purpose-built for student research on Advanced Air Mobility, Georgia Tech celebrated the opening of its new Aircraft Prototyping Laboratory at its campus in Atlanta.

NASA says it is “no longer obligated” to order International Space Station resupply missions from Sierra Space using the company’s Dream Chaser spaceplane.

Axiom Space has contracted with the Redwire Corp. for a Roll-Out Solar Array for a component of a planned replacement for the International Space Station.

Voyager Technologies has contracted Vivace Corp. to manufacture the primary structure of the Starlab commercial space station.

The four crewmembers of NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission say they are ready to embrace launching two months earlier than planned if preparations fall into place.

Firefly Aerospace has sold data it collected during its lunar land Blue Ghost Mission 1 to NASA for $10 million.

The window for NASA’s Artemis II mission that aims to take four astronauts around the Moon could open as early as Feb. 5.

NASA has selected 10 candidates from more than 8,000 applicants to begin two years of primary astronaut training.

NASA has awarded Blue Origin a task order worth up to $190 million to deliver its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover to the Moon's surface.

NASA is joining forces with the NOAA to establish capabilities to monitor and forecast radiation hazards associated with rising solar activity.

Seven federal lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to encourage the development of commercial spaceports.

On-orbit service provider Arkisys has been selected by NASA to sustain and maintain the agency’s free-flying Astrobee robotic system on the ISS.

Determining whether the sample contains evidence of past life cannot be answered until it is brought to Earth for analysis.

The resupply capsule’s delayed rendezvous was due to the premature cutoff of the third and fifth post-launch orbital altitude raising maneuvers early Sept. 16.

The Trump administration’s proposal to reduce NASA’s budget by 24% has so far met a solid rebuke in Congress.

Axiom Space has launched the Axiom Space University Alliance.