NASA
NASA Official Has Exactly One Job: Getting Astronauts to Not Fall Over on the Moon
Jaclyn Kagey has spent 25 years making sure astronauts don't die in space, and now she's doing it for the Moon, with better suits for short people.
2026-05-26
NASA
2026-05-24
The Guardian Europe
China Sends Three People to Space, One for a Full Year Because Six Months Wasn't Enough
China sends three astronauts to space, one for a full year, because six months of bone density loss wasn't enough prep for the moon.
2026-05-21
NASA
NASA Tells 51,000 Students: 'Build a Moon Base, But Maybe Finish Your Homework First'
NASA uses a robotics competition to recruit future moon-base builders, because nothing says 'long-term lunar presence' like teenagers fixing broken robot parts.
2026-05-20
SpaceNews
NASA Head Predicts China Will Get Moon Tourists in 2027, Because Apparently We Need Another Space Race
NASA warns China might beat the U.S. to a crewed moon flyby in 2027, prompting a scramble to revamp Artemis lest America lose its lunar bragging rights.
2026-05-09
NASA
NASA Employee Finally Gets to Do the Cool Job He Saw on a Poster in College
Man sees poster of moon, ends up in charge of making sure the rocket doesn't explode. Dream job achieved.
2026-05-08
SpaceNews
Lunar Outpost Raises $30 Million, Because Apparently Building Moon Rovers Is Still a Growth Industry
Lunar Outpost raises $30 million to redesign its moon rover after NASA changes the rules, proving that even in space, the only constant is scope creep.
2026-05-04
NASA
Blue Origin's Moon Lander Survives Vacuum Chamber, Remains on Track to Do Moon Stuff
Blue Origin's uncrewed Moon lander Endurance passed thermal vacuum testing at NASA, will deliver science payloads to the lunar South Pole, and maybe inspire a bigger crewed version later.
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