NASA is taking astronaut applications until December 3, 2026, with a pilot route starting at 750 hours as pilot-in-command in jets.
NASA's SPLICE payload flew simulated lunar descents on an Alta-X drone, mapping terrain and diverting to safer landing sites.
NASA names eight CLPS 2 lunar lander companies, raises CLPS 1.0 to $4.2 billion and hires Blue Origin to deliver the PROMISE rover.
Europe's reusable Prometheus engine fired at DLR's P5 bench on October 29, 2026, with a cold gas spray chamber and reignited without a starter.
NASA unveiled the crewed X-70 Fractal research aircraft, which can carry up to 2,000 pounds of payloads and may fly for NASA within two years.
Lockheed Martin adds more than 100 Orion assembly jobs at Kennedy, runs three shifts and lifts Avcoat heat shield output at Michoud.
Virgin Galactic's Delta-class Spaceship Apeiron completed its delivery flight to Spaceport America on October 28, 2026.
SpaceX and Apollo Global Management agree to a $40 billion master finance lease for NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs.
AFRL and SpaceX tested military cargo delivery via a Starfall reentry capsule on Oct. 20, 2026, under the Rocket Cargo Vanguard program.
Firefly Aerospace passed the Elytra spacecraft PDR less than four months after its $75M JPL subcontract for the 2028 MoonFall mission.
