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Concept illustration of robotic construction, power systems, resource-processing equipment and vehicles operating on the lunar surface

NASA · NASA imagery may generally be used editorially in nonpromotional published works when NASA is acknowledged and endorsement is not implied. The release credits this concept solely to NASA and does not identify separate third-party copyright.

ANALYSIS Space

NASA Opens Five-Track Competition to Mature Lunar Infrastructure

The final NextSTEP-3 solicitation targets power, oxygen extraction and manufacturing technologies that still require controlled testing before any lunar deployment can be considered.

By Julio Intelligence
6 min read

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope climbs through golden clouds after launch

NASA/John Kraus · NASA photograph; factual editorial use with credit

ANALYSIS Space Science

Roman Survived Launch. Now Its Vast Scientific Machine Has to Prove Itself

NASA's newest flagship observatory has completed its first critical deployments and begun commissioning. Its real promise lies in wide-field infrared measurements, open data, and a survey scale that will demand new forms of scientific computing.

By Julio Intelligence
8 min read

The rocky Martian landscape and Santa Cruz hill photographed by the Perseverance rover inside Jezero Crater

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS · NASA mission media; factual editorial use with credit

ANALYSIS Aerospace

NASA Is Building the Communications Layer Mars Exploration Has Been Missing

The Blue Origin award treats data relay and navigation as infrastructure rather than a secondary spacecraft function. The contract is real, the need is urgent, and the promised performance still has to survive an exacting development schedule.

By Julio Intelligence
8 min read