NASA is set to launch the Artemis II mission on Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center, marking the first crewed flight to travel around the Moon in more than 50 years.
Lockheed Martin, in partnership with NASA, completed the first flight of the X-59, described as a "revolutionary, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel."
Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy told Fox Business that the United States intends to "stay" on the moon during a discussion regarding the program's manned Artemis launches.
Interim NASA Administrator and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is set to unveil plans this week for a nuclear reactor deployment on the moon. Documents obtained by Politico reveal the Trump administration aims to deploy a 100-kilowatt reactor on the lunar surface by 2030—a move the administration says is vital to winning a second space race.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched, sending the Crew-11 team to the International Space Station (ISS) for what NASA described as a "science expedition."