This week, from the Void.

MOON BASE IS GO: NASA Awards First Contracts for Humanity's Permanent Lunar Outpost

THE STORY At a press conference at NASA Headquarters on May 26, Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the first concrete steps toward building a permanent human outpost on the

THE PENTAGON BETS ITS SPACE FUTURE ON SPACEX

THE STORY In the span of two days, SpaceX secured a combined $6.45 billion in U.S. Space Force contracts that effectively position the company as the

THE NIGHT THE SKY TURNED ORANGE: Blue Origin's New Glenn Destroyed in Catastrophic Pad Explosion

THE STORY Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket — the heavy-lift vehicle Jeff Bezos has spent over a decade and billions of dollars developing to challenge SpaceX'

STARFALL: SpaceX's Plan to Return Cargo from Orbit Could Ignite the In-Space Manufacturing Era

THE STORY Federal Aviation Administration documents have revealed new details about a SpaceX project called Starfall — a family of reentry vehicles designed to return cargo from orbit to

WHICH CAME FIRST? WEBB FINDS A BLACK HOLE THAT PREDATES ITS OWN GALAXY

THE STORY The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to have formed before the galaxy surrounding it — a finding that could upend