Aviation Week — NASA is aiming to land two astronauts near the lunar south pole in late 2027. That mission—the third in the Artemis program—would follow the Artemis II crewed flight test around the Moon, which is slated to launch by April.
Cubesats Present Big Opportunities For Students And Industry
Aviation Week — Initially dismissed by the space industry, Cubesats have made space engineering and science accessible to a wide range of players through partnerships among commercial space companies, universities, and NASA.
Vandenberg Space Force Base breaks Annual Launch Record With SpaceX Rocket
KTLA — The Oct. 3 Starlink mission broke Vandenberg’s previous record of 51 launches in 2024. The base is scheduled to host more than 70 launches for all of 2025.
SpaceX Lands Majority of US National Security Launches Awarded For Fiscal Year 2026
Breaking Defense — The seven NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launches carry high-value, must-go payloads or those headed to orbits that are more difficult to achieve.
Removing These 50 Objects From Orbit Would Cut Danger From Space Junk in Half
Ars Technica — A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old — primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end of their missions.
Space Force Taps SpaceX, ULA for First Set of Critical Launches Beyond FY27
Breaking Defense — SpaceX was assigned seven NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launches under a contract worth $714 million; ULA two launches worth $428 million.
Celebrating the Partners Driving Disrupt’s Big Ideas, Connections, and Community
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Aerospace is hosting a showcase of startups working on innovative AI solutions to the hardest problems in space exploration, orbital intelligence, and infrastructure.
New Satellite Will Help Cyber Defenders Train to Stop Hackers in Orbit
Air and Space Forces — Deloitte launched a 22-pound cubesat into low-Earth orbit to act as “an on-orbit, live-fire cyber training range.”
ATLAS Space Domain Awareness System Ready for Use, US Space Force Says
Via Satellite — L3Harris Technologies’ Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) replaces the Space Defense Operations Center (SPADOC), established in 1979 at the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado.
The Aerospace Corporation’s CEO Warns of ‘Pearl Harbor-Like’ Event Posing Biggest Risk to US
In an interview with Fox Business’ Max Gorden, Aerospace’s CEO and President Steve Isakowitz said: “There are others with more nefarious aims with what they want to do in space. So we’ve got to be very candid with ourselves that space will be such an environment. We’ve got to be prepared to defend ourselves; we’ve got to be prepared to win.”