#NASA reschedules the first crewed lunar landing since the #Apollo era for 2028, and slips in a test mission in 2027 that could put the #BlueOrigin lunar lander through its paces in low Earth orbit. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-overhauls-artemis-moon-program-blue-origin/ #Space #Artemis #BlueMoon #Moon

#NASA has finished rolling back its Space Launch System rocket and #Orion crew capsule from the launch pad to the Vertical Assembly Building. Let's hope they can get everything fixed up in time to send four astronauts on a historic #Artemis 2 trip around the #moon in early April. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/25/moon-rocket-goes-back-to-the-garage-for-troubleshooting/ #Space #SLS #Rollback

On its first night of operation, an astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington sent out 800,000 notifications about changes in the night sky detected by the #RubinObservatory. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-data-alert/ #Space #Astronomy

#SophiaSpace has attracted millions of dollars in investment for its plan to build edge-computing spacecraft for orbital data processing, with a longer-term goal of creating a constellation of #AI #datacenters. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/sophia-space-10m-space-computing-network/ #Space #Tech

Just days after a successful launch-pad rehearsal, NASA's chief says an issue involving a helium pressurization system will rule out launching the rocket for the #Artemis 2 round-the-moon mission in March. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/helium-problem-nasa-delay-artemis-2-launch-rollback/ #NASA #Moon #Space

#NASA runs through a mostly trouble-free rehearsal for the launch of its #Artemis2 mission, which aims to send astronauts around the #moon for the first time since 1972. Liftoff could come as early as March 6. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-smooth-rehearsal-artemis-2-moon-launch/ #Space #Artemis #SLS #Orion

Amazon Web Services has launched two credit programs worth up to $100 million to help federal agencies use cloud services and AI for applications ranging from battle management to quantum computing. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/aws-accelerator-initiatives-100m-credits-federal-agencies/ #Tech

#Amazon still has to get its first-generation #Leo #satellite #broadband network into full operation, but it's already won the OK from regulators to move on to the second-generation satellites (and end up putting 7,700 satellites in low Earth orbit). https://www.geekwire.com/2026/fcc-amazon-leo-gen2-broadband-coverage-polar/ #FCC #Space

#StokeSpace has boosted its Series D financing round to $860 million, with the newly announced $350 million going toward getting the Seattle-area startup's Florida launch pad activated and expanding production capacity for Stoke's fully reusable rockets. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/stoke-space-350m-added-funding/ #Space #Nova

Seattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design