Artemis

NASA's pivot from an orbiting lunar gateway station to a $20 billion south-pole Moon base over seven years is a major tailwind for lunar surface contractors, landers, launch providers and in‑space infrastructure plays.  It effectively accelerates demand for cargo, communications, power and...

NASA has unveiled a revised roadmap for its lunar ambitions, with NASA administrator Jared Isaacman aiming to return to the lunar surface before the end of President Donald Trump‘s second term at the White House. Lunar Base Plans In a statement released on Tuesday, the agency revealed its...

President Donald Trump's NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman, has reiterated the agency, as well as the Trump administration's, Lunar and Martian goals. Isaacman Touts Nuclear Spaceships In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the former Shift4 Payments Inc. (NASDAQ:FOUR) CEO hailed Trump's new...

Space stocks have experienced liftoff to end 2025 thanks to the potential for a SpaceX IPO in 2026 and an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to boost the sector. A space investing expert tells Benzinga a potential renewed "space race" and defense ambitions could be good for the space...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct Jared Isaacman's title at Shift4 Payments and the body that confirmed his appointment. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order outlining the U.S.'s Lunar and Mars ambitions. Trump Signs Order To Return Americans To The Moon In an...

Elon Musk's commercial space flight company, SpaceX, shared an expedited timeline of its Lunar mission goals amid uncertainty over NASA's Artemis contracts. SpaceX's Expedited Lunar Timeline The company shared updates on its official website on Thursday, sharing that the development of the mission...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday envisioned a permanently occupied base on the Moon, 55 years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the natural satellite. What Happened: “We should create a permanently occupied moonbase,” Musk wrote on X in response to users commemorating the...

Investment banking firm Roth MKM said on Monday that it continues to be positive on Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) despite its Odysseus lunar lander tipping over on its side on the Moon’s surface. What Happened: “However, we are encouraged that the lander seems largely operational for...

The United States has made a triumphant return to the moon, thanks to a successful landing by a private spacecraft. The robotic lander, Odysseus, built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR), touched down near the lunar south pole on Thursday evening. What Happened: This...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday denied moon landing conspiracy theories, terming the moon landings during the 1960s and 1970s under the Apollo program as “real.” What Happened: Several conspiracy theories claim that parts or all of the Apollo program and associated moon landings were...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday slammed former NASA administrator Michael Griffin‘s plans for returning to the Moon as a “worse version of Apollo.” What Happened: “His plan makes no sense,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Just a worse version of Apollo....

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday expressed disappointment at the human race’s inability to land back on the moon despite the passing of about half a century since the last landing. Musk’s rocket-making company, meanwhile, is preparing for the third flight test of its Starship. What...

Billionaire Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company Blue Origin said on Wednesday that it is building hardware to return to the Moon and stay. What Happened: Blue Origin posted a picture of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)  and NASA administrator Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) at its factory with two others and...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will now have tough competition as Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, has won a NASA contract, securing the opportunity to build a lunar lander.  What Happened: Blue Origin has been chosen by NASA to construct a...

The U.S. space agency NASA has postponed the Artemis I moon mission again. This time due to a hydrogen fuel leak from the engine section.  The mission was called at 11:17 a.m. ET, three hours before the beginning of the launch window. The launch was scheduled for Saturday afternoon.  The...