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NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone

NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone

NASA February 12, 2026
The next-generation spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-led technical review, as the agency prepar...
NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test

NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test

Spaceflight Now February 12, 2026
NASA is loading liquid hydrogen aboard its Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday for an unpublicized but crucial tes...
Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth

Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth

SpaceNews February 11, 2026
“When you have a fully reusable vehicle … you can send it anywhere … to the moon … past Mars”  —Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator. Imag...
Musk Embraces the Moon

Musk Embraces the Moon

SpacePolicyOnline.com February 11, 2026
Just 12 months after convincing President Trump to use his inaugural address to extol the vision of sending people to Mars, Elon Musk is changing cour...
Enceladus waves shape Saturn space weather

Enceladus waves shape Saturn space weather

SpaceDaily February 10, 2026
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, generates electromagnetic ripples that stretch more than half a million kilo...
Musk says SpaceX focus is on the moon rather than Mars

Musk says SpaceX focus is on the moon rather than Mars

SpaceNews February 9, 2026
A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a “distraction,” Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending human...
Has Elon Musk given up on Mars?

Has Elon Musk given up on Mars?

Arstechnica February 9, 2026
"SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High Ground

The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High Ground

SpaceDaily February 9, 2026
New York NY (SPX) Feb 09, 2026 When Artemis II finally lights its engines and arcs away from Cape Canaveral, it will do more than send four astronaut...
SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to Moon, Musk says

SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to Moon, Musk says

SpaceDaily February 9, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the backburner to prioritize esta...
DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

SpaceDaily February 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 For upcoming human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish a ...
First Crewed Moon Flyby In 54 Years: Artemis II

First Crewed Moon Flyby In 54 Years: Artemis II

SpaceDaily February 8, 2026
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Almost as tall as a football field, NASAs Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly - just under 1...
OHB Establishes European Moonport Company

OHB Establishes European Moonport Company

European Spaceflight February 7, 2026
German space technology company OHB announced on 4 February that it has established a new subsidiary, the European Moonport Company, to consolidate al...
Over the moon and under the radar

Over the moon and under the radar

SpaceNews February 6, 2026
Depending on when you read this, NASA will be weeks — perhaps days — from one of its biggest missions in years. On Jan. 17, NASA rolled out the Sp...
New crew set to launch for ISS after medical evacuation

New crew set to launch for ISS after medical evacuation

SpaceDaily February 6, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Four astronauts could blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) next week, after setbacks including a m...
NASA Moon mission launch srubbed to March after test

NASA Moon mission launch srubbed to March after test

SpaceDaily February 4, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 NASA said Tuesday it's delaying until March the launch of its first crewed flyby mission to the Moon...
Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction

Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction

SpaceDaily February 4, 2026
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as ...
Voyager outlines infrastructure-led roadmap for long-term US lunar presence

Voyager outlines infrastructure-led roadmap for long-term US lunar presence

SpaceDaily February 4, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Voyager Technologies has launched a strategic lunar initiative designed to align with the White House Securing Ame...
Full Moon over Artemis II

Full Moon over Artemis II

NASA February 3, 2026
A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kenne...
ESA's sustainability ambition

ESA's sustainability ambition

ESA February 3, 2026
Space activities are unlike any others. They interact not just with Earth, but with three interconnected environments: Earth, Earth’s orbit, and the...
NASA Will Wait Until March for Artemis II

NASA Will Wait Until March for Artemis II

SpacePolicyOnline.com February 3, 2026
NASA is passing on this month’s opportunity to send astronauts around the Moon on the Artemis II mission. March is the new target, with five availab...