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Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.
The coming year's space highlights include a NASA mission that will send astronauts around the moon and a Blue Origin lunar lander mission.
The 26-foot-tall (8-meter-tall) cargo lander is expected to embark on its first flight during the first quarter of 2026, touching down near the Shackleton crater at the Moon’s south pole. This demonstration mission, dubbed “Pathfinder,” will aim to validate all of the lander’s hardware and systems, including its never-before-flown BE-7 engine.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared to launch its Crew Dragon capsule and an International crew from the United States, Poland, Hungary and India on Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo by Joe ...
The Phoenix 2 spacecraft by Atmos Space Cargo will carry Space Cargo Unlimited’s BentoBox platform for microgravity research and manufacturing on a 2026 mission. Credit: Atmos Space Cargo WASHINGTON — Two European companies will cooperate on a mission ...
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, ESCAPADE's twin ...
Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the White House. President Donald Trump's administration, which released an initial budget proposal May 2 for the U.S. space agency, dropped more details ...
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Busy launch year ahead for Space Coast as Artemis II, SpaceX missions loom
The Space Coast is preparing for another active year of launches, beginning with a SpaceX mission scheduled around midnight Sunday that will send additional satellites into orbit.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Acquisitions and Grants Office has started seeking proposals for the Space Weather Observations – Mission Operations Services, or SWO-MOS, contract. Space Weather Observations – Mission Operations ...