Space Industry Weekly Report May 7, 2026

Rocket Lab Unveils 2026 Electron Launch Schedule, Highlighting iQPS, LOXSAT, and Synspective’s StriX Missions

Tasger Industries Unveils “Lunar Capsule” Concept to Promote Resource Transport and Colonization via Lunar Habitats, Research Facilities, and Logistics Hubs

Resolve Optics Delivers Radiation-Resistant Lenses with 1 MGy Tolerance for LEO Small Satellite Camera Cores

China’s Space Program Advances with Long March 6A and 12B Rocket Launches, Progressing Chang’e 7 and Shenzhou-24 Missions

NASA Progresses Phased Plan for Permanent Moon Base by Mid-2030s, Integrating Solar and Nuclear Power

UAH and NASA Partner to Advance Nuclear Thermal Propulsion, Shortening Mars Transit Time to Make Deep Space Exploration a Reality

Los Alamos National Laboratory Produces Plutonium-238 Heat Sources, Powering NASA’s Mars and Deep Space Missions

Private Firms Step Up Microgravity Drug R&D and Develop Commercial Space Stations as ISS Deorbit Nears