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SpaceX Discloses $15 Billion Starship Spend as Version 3 Test Nears

Starship underpins SpaceX’s IPO pitch, with in‑orbit refueling still unproven.

NASA Recasts Artemis III for Late 2027 as Docking Test, Not a Moon Landing

NASA Halts Lunar Gateway, Launches Seven‑Year Push for a Moon Base and Nuclear‑Electric Mars Demo

NASA Refocuses Artemis With Standardized SLS and Centaur V, Repurposes Artemis III for LEO Test

NASA Installs SLS–Orion on Pad 39B for Artemis II Pad Testing

NASA Sets Artemis II Launch Window Opening Feb. 6 for Crewed Lunar Flyby

Blue Origin Recovers New Glenn Booster on Second Orbital Flight, Sending NASA’s ESCAPADE Toward Mars

Blue Origin Launches New Glenn for NASA’s Mars Escapade, Recovers Booster at Sea

Orion Enters VAB for Stacking as Artemis II Advances Toward 2026 Launch

NASA Names 2025 Astronaut Class, Including Two From Kentuckiana

SpaceX Launches Debut Cygnus XL to ISS; Falcon 9 Booster Lands at Cape

NASA Opens Artemis II Name Sign-Up and Sets October Media Viewing of Fully Stacked Moon Rocket

Firefly Aerospace's 'Blue Ghost' Achieves Successful Lunar Landing

NASA Chooses SpaceX for Astronaut Return as Boeing's Starliner Faces Setbacks