Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
NASA says it is keeping its options open to preserve a chance to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028. At a briefing Friday, agency officials said they are working with both Blue Origin and SpaceX on revised lander architectures, and will consider both for as long as possible before choosing which lander to use on Artemis 4. The agency also said it will decide next year whether Artemis 4 will use a new uper stage derived from the Centaur of the last remaining ICPS stage used on the first two SLS launches. NASA is working to launch Artemis 3, a test flight in low Earth orbit, in mid-2027, but acknowledged they are about 90 days behind schedule because of supply chain issues for the landers.

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Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
An Electron rocket launched a set of HawkEye 360 satellites Friday. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 3:11 am EDT (0711 GMT) and placed into orbit three satellites for HawkEye 360, designated Cluster 16. The launch comes three days after three other HawkEye 360 satellites, Cluster 15, launched on SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission. HawkEye 360 now has 39 satellites in orbit for radiofrequency intelligence services.

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