NASA is hunting for more partners for its Artemis program that aims to land humans on the Moon in 2024.

The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.

House lawmakers pressed without success during a June 11 hearing for answers from NASA as to how much the White House’s plans to accelerate a human lunar landing from 2028 to 2024 will cost.

NASA’s Health Research Program is eager to learn more about astronaut health on long-duration space missions by enlarging the number of subjects and improving data collection protocols.

SpaceX’s 17th NASA-contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station departed the six-person orbiting science laboratory at midday June 3.

NASA appears committed to sustaining a presence in LEO aboard the International Space Station or as a paying customer aboard follow-on commercial platforms.

Private Chinese space launcher builder Landspace has tested a complete methane-burning space launch main engine, laying the groundwork for a move to higher thrust.

NASA on May 16 hired 11 companies for studies and prototypes of descent modules, orbit-transfer stages and refueling capabilities.