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May 27, 2026

NASA Awards Moon Base Contracts, Targeting Permanent Lunar Outpost by 2030s

Agency taps Blue Origin, Firefly and others for landers, rovers and drones — with first hardware meant to land before astronauts set foot on the moon in 2028

NASA awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts Tuesday to four American companies to begin building the physical backbone of a permanent moon base, accelerating a timeline that has the firs...

May 30, 2026

Blue Origin Rocket Explodes at Cape Canaveral, Threatening NASA Moon Timeline

The New Glenn rocket's destruction on the launchpad puts the Artemis lunar program at risk — and puts Florida's Space Coast at the center of a national reckoning

A Blue Origin rocket exploded on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Thursday during a ground test, raising urgent questions about the future of NASA's Artemis program and its goal of returning American a...