For the first time, a Cybertruck will be waiting near the launchpad to transport the crew to safety in case of an emergency. NASA normally relies on MRAPs for the critical task, a specialized tactical military transport with a V-shaped hull that’s designed to withstand explosive blasts, heavy shrapnel, and toxic chemical fires.

Isaacman, who has helmed the space agency since December 2025, said on Wednesday’s episode of “Pod Force One” that placing the data centers in space could allow for them “to draw on the free solar power” from fusion reactors that would also be operable outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

NASA introduced the SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts ahead of their planned September 12 launch to the International Space Station, where they will join Expedition 75 for science and maintenance missions.

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NASA plans a permanent moon base, nuclear spacecraft and Mars missions as Artemis launches a new era of deep-space exploration.

Fifty-seven years after Americans first landed on the moon, NASA is going back — not to plant another flag, but to build a permanent lunar base as it pushes to make humans an interplanetary species. It is all part of a big push by the space agency’s Administrator,

Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

NASA's moon base plan is detailed by Administrator Jared Isaacman as the agency prepares for a long-term human lunar presence. Isaacman outlines the three-phase strategy to establish a permanent site on the south pole by 2032.

Research spearheaded by a university in Boston has uncovered fresh evidence indicating that colossal Kelvin–Helmholtz plasma waves may contribute to the erosion of Mars' atmosphere by facilitating the escape of atmospheric particles through the solar wind.

NASA awarded $175,000 for preliminary research into lunar cave-spelunking drones as part of $3.2 million dispersed via its “innovative advanced concepts” awards this summer.