Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The US Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $37.5 million to five companies for Protected Tactical Satellite Communications. The NASA- ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite launched from India, and more.

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Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole

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Canadian Lunar Utility Rover

Argo and ThinkOrbital to Partner on Long-Range X-Ray Imaging Mission for Space Domain Awareness

Slingshot Aerospace Launches TALOS: AI Agent for Mission-Ready Space Operations and Strategy 

SpaceWERX selects New Frontier Aerospace to Develop Bifröst Orbit Transfer Spacecraft

Starlink performed 144,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers between December and May; wants equal reporting rules for all

NASA Selects Human Space Flight Technical Integration Contractor

Mission patch competition 2025

Space for Humanity Immortalized at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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