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Concerns Loom Amid Space Station Successor Program Delay Companies vying to win NASA funding to build a successor to the International Space Station cite schedule and budget uncertainties. andy.savoie@av… Tue, 10/06/2026 - 16:42 Author Irene Klotz Content source Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Primary Category Budget, Policy & Regulation

NASA Asked Several Former SR-71A Staffers To Help Secret Restart Nearly 27 years after the final Blackbird flight, NASA quietly launched a project last summer to return an SR-71A to flight. andrea.copleys… Tue, 09/29/2026 - 08:00 Author Steve Trimble Content source Aviation Week & Space Technology Content summary Blackbird Resurrection Primary Category Aircraft & Propulsion

NASA Extends SpaceX Contract For Crewed Space Station Missions ASA has awarded SpaceX a $946 million Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract extension for three additional missions to the International Space Station. andy.savoie@av… Fri, 09/18/2026 - 21:08 Author Mark Carreau Content source Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Primary Category Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

US President Donald Trump has launched an effort to create a NASA-led federal academy to train astronauts, engineers,… Trump launches plan to create US Space Academy led by NASA appeared first on AeroTime.

NASA published images showing the crater left on the Moon by a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, and put the feature… SpaceX Falcon 9 stage carved 60-foot crater into the Moon, NASA images show appeared first on AeroTime.

NASA Administrator Isaacman Imagines The State Of Space In 110 Years A well-mapped Solar System and fusion-powered probes may be routine. peri.meyers@in… Fri, 08/07/2026 - 08:00 Author Irene Klotz Content source Aviation Week & Space Technology Content summary In the Year 2136 Primary Category Budget, Policy & Regulation

From The Archives: Space Shuttle Engine Tested NASA tested the first Space Shuttle main engine at 76% power for 45 seconds in July 1976, using small nozzles before switching to flight-size versions. barbara.nichol… Thu, 06/25/2026 - 07:00 Author override Aviation Week Staff Content source AviationWeek.com Primary Category Space

NASA Aims To Launch Lunar Fission Reactor By 2030 A new White House initiative to develop space nuclear power directs NASA to develop a minimum 20 kW fission reactor and fly a variant to the lunar surface by 2030

NASA is looking towards the Artemis III mission next year to test spacecraft docking, after the successful conclusion of Artemis II following the crew’s return to Earth. The Orion capsule, launched on 1 April with a four-person crew, completed a 10-day programme to travel around the Moon – reaching a distance of more than 406,770km… The post NASA turns to Artemis III after successful return of Orion crew first appeared on FlightGlobal.