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Congress had rejected the steep cuts proposed by the Trump administration, including a nearly 25% reduction in the agency’s overall budget and nearly 50% to science. The agency ended up with funding close […]\nThe post Preparing for the next NASA budget battle appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-04-08T14:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T14:00:37.950183Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":37346,"title":"A lunar base or a lunar economy?","authors":[{"name":"Steven Wolfe and Courtney Stadd","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/a-lunar-base-or-a-lunar-economy/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/moon-base1.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nWe applaud the lunar base vision laid out by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on March 24. Placing this stake in the lunar regolith is long overdue. What is missing from the mission architecture, however, is a vision for long-term economic development on the moon. It will be a profound missed opportunity if NASA does not […]\nThe post A lunar base or a lunar economy? appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-04-08T13:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T13:10:28.743519Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":37347,"title":"LeoLabs debuts space monitoring tool for military users","authors":[{"name":"Sandra Erwin","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/leolabs-debuts-space-monitoring-tool-for-military-users/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DELTA-Platform-Dashboards-March-2026_Maneuvers-scaled-e1775599848864.png?fit=1024%2C685&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nLeoLabs ‘Delta’ moves beyond collision warnings to identify potential adversarial activity\nThe post LeoLabs debuts space monitoring tool for military users appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-04-08T13:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T13:10:28.774389Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":37345,"title":"SpaceX continues refinements at Starbase Pad 2 ahead of Booster 19 return","authors":[{"name":"Bastiaan Vellekoop and Chris Bergin","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/spacex-refinements-starbase-pad-2-booster-19/","image_url":"https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/NSF-2026-04-08-05-05-45-857.jpg","news_site":"NASASpaceflight","summary":"SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is continuing to refine its preparations for the return of…\r\nThe post SpaceX continues refinements at Starbase Pad 2 ahead of Booster 19 return appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.","published_at":"2026-04-08T12:25:32Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T13:34:20.819203Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"ed83366c-872c-4484-97c1-bc74832304fc","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":37344,"title":"Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations","authors":[{"name":"Jeff Foust","socials":{"x":"https://x.com/jeff_foust","youtube":"","instagram":"","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefffoust","mastodon":"https://mastodon.social/@jfoust","bluesky":"https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social"}}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/industry-navigates-nasas-start-and-stop-approach-to-commercial-space-stations/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/orbitalreef.jpg?fit=1024%2C636&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nNASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate efforts to replace the aging International Space Station. Nearly nine months later, that push appears to have slowed.In a directive signed at the end of July, the agency’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy sought changes to the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations, or CLD, program, aimed at speeding […]\nThe post Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-04-08T11:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T11:10:25.283249Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":37342,"title":"Artemis 2 science gets underway as Orion begins its return trip","authors":[{"name":"Jeff 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