NASA just made huge changes to the Artemis Program. arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...

NASA's Isaacman, per arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0... announces: Boeing EUS stage cancelled, SLS to continue using Block I (Delta 4 derived) upper stage, new Earth-orbiting mission added to schedule in 2027 as 'Artemis 3' with an Apollo-9-type profle, old Art3 is now Art4, in (implausibly) 2028

NASA Safety Panel Warns of “High Risk” for Artemis III spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-sa...

Senate Commerce will hold a nomination hrg for Matt Anderson to the NASA Deputy Admin (and one other non-NASA nominee) on Thursday, March 5, 10:00 am ET. Webcast.

In a NASA statement, Mike Fincke says he was the astronaut who had the medical issue that caused the early return of Crew-11.

Ken Bowersox, NASA associate administrator for space operations, said at the ASCENDx Texas conference just now that he is retiring from NASA. Joel Montalbano will take over.

The Commercial Space Federation Releases New White Paper “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships” February 24, 2026 - Washington, DC – The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is proud to announce the release of a new paper titled “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships: The Future of Government…

What’s Happening in Space Policy February 22-28, 2026 spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...

Here's the 311-page NASA Starliner CFT investigation report (with redactions). www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...

Blue Origin plans bespoke high-speed Starlink rival Blue Origin aims to start deploying more than 5,400 satellites from late next year for its own Starlink broadband competitor, targeting up to 6 Tbps capacity for enterprise, data center and government customers.

NASA Gearing Up for Artemis II Launch spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-ge...

2026 could be a historic year for lunar treks: NASA plans to send humans around the moon for the first time since 1972, while Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is getting ready for its first moon landing. www.geekwire.com/2025/year-in...

Tory Bruno has left ULA for other opportunities. John Elbon is in charge for now.

President Trump has already signed the FY2026 NDAA into law, a pretty fast turnaround. It only cleared the Senate yesterday about noon. www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Between 1981 and 2004, the global population of people making less than $1/day declined by over half a billion. China accounted for more than 100% of that decline. In other words, the number of people outside China living in extreme poverty actually *increased* in those two dozen years.

At celebration of 5 yrs of Artemis Accords at Meridian Intl just now, Amit Kshatriya said "we're two months away from flying to the Moon for the first time in 54 years." So they're still looking at Feb for Artemis II it seems. Livestream on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYEx...

mfw when polycrisis bros say ecological threats have never intersected with social and economic upheaval before

Taylor Jordan was appointed as Dir of NOAA's Office of Space Commerce on Tuesday. space.commerce.gov/department-o... Same day as OSC's "Financing the Final Frontier" event. spacepolicyonline.com/events/finan... It's in addition to being Asst Sec of Cmrc for Env Obs & Prediction, a top job at NOAA.

Bad news for the new version of Starship. @SpaceX posted images of Booster 18, the first Version 3 (V3) Super Heavy first stage, ystrdy as it was about to begin prelaunch testing. The test early this morning “seems to have just exploded” per @LabPadre (see video: x.com/LabPadre/sta...) .

Update! www.nasa.gov/glenn/fsps/

Quindar raises $18 million to scale satellite operations software Startup founded by ex-OneWeb engineers aims to replace bespoke ground systems with automated tools

In answer to the question -- yes, Senate Commerce will hold another nomination hearing for Jared Isaacman to be NASA Admin. Dec 3. 10:00 am ET. Webcast.

No specific date, but NASA has opened media accreditation for the Artemis II launch "in early 2026." www.nasa.gov/news-release...

I’ll be teaching a new class on cislunar governance at Georgetown this spring. It’s gonna be a ride! See here: spacestudies.georgetown.edu/courses/stia... And yes, I’ll be coming to many of you for help, guidance, reality checks, and guest appearances. Consider this your early warning!

Looks like the #shutdown is over - for now. #NASA

Hegseth pledges sweeping overhaul of Pentagon procurement Shift toward 'commercial first' buying could benefit fast-moving space and tech firms

Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, nuclear energy offers the highest energy…

President Trump announces he is renominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

White House renominates Isaacman to be NASA administrator The White House said Nov. 4 it is renominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator, the latest twist in an unprecedented saga over the agency’s leadership.

I recommend this article by @meghanbartels.bsky.social and @leebillings.bsky.social for folks who are looking for *factual* information about why 3I/ATLAS is of interest to planetary astronomers: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The next space race will be won at night The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there.

I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is one of those weeks where I'm reminded that space reporting is 95% talking about going to space and 5% actually going to space

“History shows that when it comes to space nuclear power, the United States is far better at setting goals than seeing them through.” @b-lal.bsky.social and Roger Meyers on what it will actually take to get a high-powered nuclear reactor working on the Moon by 2030: issues.org/space-nuclea...

Isaacman Back in the Running for NASA Administrator spacepolicyonline.com/news/isaacma...

Jared Isaacman may not totally be out of the NASA game just yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The NASA IG is worried about maintenance of the >50-yr old spacesuits on ISS by Collins Aerospace. Questions the award fees given to Collins over past 5 yrs bc their performance has declined. Makes recs to help NASA hold Collins accountable and ensure astronaut safety on ISS. x.com/NASAOIG/stat...

Sean Duffy re NASA in Fox News: "the budget ensures taxpayers' money drives real exploration rather than endless delays and waste." "Bloated bureaucracy, inefficiencies in contract procurement and a culture of overcaution have consistently grounded NASA missions." x.com/SecDuffyNASA...

If we find even fossil microbes on Mars, is it a Copernicus moment? Proof that life is not unique to Earth but a cosmic phenomenon (as all us Star Trek fans knew anyway).

China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft to make a flyby of asteroid Apophis when it makes a close approach to Earth in 2029.

Office of Space Commerce loses 40% of budget in rescission The Commerce Department has moved to rescind 40% of the current-year funding for the Office of Space Commerce.

SpaceX will try again tonight (Tuesday, Aug 26) for IFT-10. Same launch window (6:30-7:30 Central/7:30-8:30 pm Eastern). www.spacex.com/launches/sta...

SpX will try again tonight (Monday, Aug 25) for the IFT-10 launch. Same launch window (7:30-8:30 pm Eastern). Musk posted on X that last night's scrub was due to a ground-side LOX leak. x.com/elonmusk/sta...

The future of space infrastructure In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Ariostor speaks with Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer at Redwire, to explore the future of space infrastructure and commercialization.