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Most Read: NASA budget cuts, an experimental Chinese satellite, Northrop Grumman's Golden Dome strategy

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The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak

1. House bill rejects overall NASA budget cuts but shifts funding to exploration

By Jeff Foust | A draft House spending bill would keep NASA's overall budget flat in fiscal year 2026 but shift money to exploration from science and other accounts.

2. Experimental Chinese satellite turns up in unexpected orbit

By Andrew Jones | A Chinese Shiyan satellite appears in a low-inclination orbit never before used by the country, after a week-long detection delay and uncertainty over its mission.

3. NASA considering flying only cargo on next Starliner mission

By Jeff Foust | NASA officials say there is a "strong chance" that the next test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle will be uncrewed.

4. Northrop Grumman stakes role in Golden Dome missile shield

By Sandra Erwin | The company's Golden Dome efforts are led by Raymond Sharp, vice president of Northrop Grumman's missile defense solutions business

5. Space Force selects five firms for 'Protected Tactical Satcom' design contracts

By Sandra Erwin | Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Viasat, Intelsat and Astranis will receive a combined $37.2 million under six-month contracts

6. Space is hard. There is no excuse for pretending it's easy.

By Robert N. Eberhart

7. Congress passes budget reconciliation bill with $10 billion for NASA

By Jeff Foust

8. Space Force scraps satellite procurement, shifts to more flexible strategy

By Sandra Erwin

9. Boeing lands $2.8 billion deal to build next-gen nuclear communications satellites

By Sandra Erwin

10. How China will own the moon — unless we act now

By Rick Tumlinson

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