NASA OIG Uncovers More Cost, Schedule Overruns for ML-2
What was originally a $383M contract to be finished by 2023 has ballooned into potentially $2.7B construction that won’t see completion until 2029.
Cislunar
Stories about the growing number of activities around the Moon.
How Nokia and Axiom Are Putting 4G on The Moon
Nokia has designed a “network in a box” that it will test on Intuitive Machine’s next uncrewed lunar mission.
Watchdogs Find Faults with Artemis IV Vehicles in Back-to-Back Reports
Over the past two weeks, two federal watchdogs—the OIG and the GAO—released separate reports highlighting critical issues with two Artemis IV vehicles: Gateway and SLS Block 1B, the upgraded SLS variant.
The Latest Satellite Rideshare Heads To Cislunar Space
SEOPS Space, a payload integrator, will partner with Intuitive Machines to offer a rideshare service to deep space.
A Dear John for dearMoon
Yusaku Maezawa has given up on his plan to orbit the Moon with a crew of creatives in SpaceX’s Starship.
NASA’s Moon Plans Are In Elon’s Hands
“If we land, it is dependent on SpaceX having their [Starship] lander ready.”
ispace Plots Lunar Data Business, Borrows $45M for Lander Missions
Other Moon-focused companies, including Lockheed Martin subsidiary Crescent and Intuitive Machines, are also planning satellite networks around Earth’s favorite satellite.
Sweden and Switzerland Sign the Artemis Accords
NASA has been building up its team of responsible space actors, and this week, it brought on two new recruits.
Japanese PM Inks Deal to Join Artemis Moon Return
Two Japanese astronauts will travel to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program, potentially becoming the first non-Americans to set foot on the lunar surface.
DARPA Funds Pie-In-the-Sky Moon Train Study
Out: the train to space. In: the inter-Moon-base express.
He-3’s All That for Interlune
He-3 is mainly used in security and medical sensors to detect radiation, but it could theoretically be used as fuel for a nuclear fusion power plant.
Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Saying Goodbye to IM-1
By the time you read this, the sun will have set on Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ Moon lander.