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Ground truth: Why the lunar program needs its Earthbound network

Ground truth: Why the lunar program needs its Earthbound network

SpaceNews November 13, 2025
As the world prepares to return to the moon, much of the attention remains fixed on the visible frontier: the rockets, landers and orbital stations t...
The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead

The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead

SpaceNews November 10, 2025
Recent reports suggest that NASA is looking to accelerate its lunar landing timeline — partly to ensure that America returns to the moon before Chi...
European Service Module-4 is ready to sail

European Service Module-4 is ready to sail

ESA November 10, 2025
In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic ...
Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says

Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says

Arstechnica November 8, 2025
"We have some ideas that we think could accelerate the path to the Moon."
Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space

Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space

SpaceNews November 6, 2025
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 bodi...
Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign

Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign

SpaceNews November 5, 2025
A realistic and cost-effective path for the United States to advance the exploration and development of the moon, and to keep our nation in the foref...
Why the U.S. shouldn’t simply race to Lagrange points

Why the U.S. shouldn’t simply race to Lagrange points

SpaceNews November 4, 2025
From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space ...
For new lunar collaboration, look to India and Japan

For new lunar collaboration, look to India and Japan

SpaceNews November 4, 2025
The renewed interest in the moon can arguably be traced back to the 2009 discovery of water ice on the lunar surface. Much of the narrative in the in...
Why the moon is not the South China Sea: reframing lunar space ahead of the next ‘race’

Why the moon is not the South China Sea: reframing lunar space ahead of the next ‘race’

SpaceNews November 3, 2025
As the world watches the push for crewed lunar missions, it is tempting to frame the unfolding dynamic between the United States and China as a moder...
Starship Block 3 and HLS: The Path to Get Back to the Moon

Starship Block 3 and HLS: The Path to Get Back to the Moon

NASASpaceflight November 1, 2025
Amid numerous questions about whether SpaceX can have the Human Landing System (HLS) variant of… The post Starship Block 3 and HLS: The Path to Get...
Resources, reactors and rivalries will decide the new moon race

Resources, reactors and rivalries will decide the new moon race

SpaceNews October 31, 2025
A new race to the moon is underway; not merely to erect flags, but to prospect for and extract water and helium-3, establish nuclear power plants and...
Rocket Report: China’s Moon rocket to debut soon; ArcaSpace is back—sort of

Rocket Report: China’s Moon rocket to debut soon; ArcaSpace is back—sort of

Arstechnica October 31, 2025
“I do think we’re rapidly approaching the point where it will be a significant impact."
Bolden, Bridenstine Share Their Views on Artemis

Bolden, Bridenstine Share Their Views on Artemis

SpacePolicyOnline.com October 31, 2025
Two former NASA administrators are weighing in on the Artemis program and whether the U.S. will get back to the Moon before Chinese taikonauts arrive....
Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander

Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander

Spaceflight Now October 30, 2025
The comments came during a fireside chat featuring former NASA administrators, Charlie Bolden and Jim Bridenstine, at the conclusion of the American A...
Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture

Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture

SpaceNews October 30, 2025
Two former NASA administrators criticized the agency’s current use of SpaceX’s Starship for the Artemis 3 crewed lunar landing, calling for an ur...
Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup

Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup

Spaceflight Now October 28, 2025
The company’s senior director of civil space shared the progress on their crew and cargo Blue Moon landers during the American Astronautical Society...
Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026

Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026

Spaceflight Now October 28, 2025
The mission will carry a pair of commercial, robotic rovers to the lunar surface. It was most recently scheduled to launch by the end 2025.
A soft power strategy to preserve non-sovereignty from Chinese land claims on the moon

A soft power strategy to preserve non-sovereignty from Chinese land claims on the moon

SpaceNews October 24, 2025
The United States’ goal of completing a crewed moon mission before China has been coined as the new space race, reminiscent of the days of Apollo. ...
Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality at LUNA

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality at LUNA

ESA October 24, 2025
Last year, ESA invited innovators across Europe to join the second Space Resources Challenge, a competition designed to accelerate technologies that w...
The next space race will be won at night

The next space race will be won at night

SpaceNews October 23, 2025
The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there. The post The next space race will be ...