Frank Rubio holds NASA’s record for the longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut at 371 days.

Randy Bresnik will serve as commander of Artemis III.

Frank Rubio accumulated more than 1,100 flight hours as a Black Hawk pilot, including missions in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

NASA selected Frank Rubio for the Artemis III crew as a mission specialist.

Frank Rubio is a flight surgeon, a U.S. Army colonel, and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot.

Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will serve as the pilot for Artemis III.

Luca Parmitano will serve as the pilot on Artemis III for the European Space Agency.

NASA selected Frank Rubio as an astronaut candidate in 2017.

Frank Rubio will serve as a mission specialist on Artemis III.

Andre Douglas will serve as a mission specialist on Artemis III.

Frank Rubio flew Black Hawk missions in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Artemis III crew members include Randy Bresnik as commander, Andre Douglas as mission specialist, and Luca Parmitano as pilot for the European Space Agency.

Frank Rubio accumulated more than 1,100 flight hours as a Black Hawk pilot before his medical and space careers.

Artemis III follows the success of Artemis II in April.

Frank Rubio graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Artemis III is intended to advance NASA's goal of establishing a permanent base on the Moon and preparing future missions to Mars.

Lunar Outpost received a NASA contract for its MAPP rover.

NASA retains the right to issue task orders against the Venturi Astrolab and Lunar Outpost contracts across a defined ordering period.

NASA awarded two Lunar Terrain Vehicle contracts on May 26 under a competitive indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity structure.

NASA’s Artemis campaign targets a crewed landing with Artemis III.

NASA announced the Artemis III astronaut crew assignments in a live event on June 9 at Johnson Space Center.

Venturi Astrolab received a NASA contract to produce its FLEX rover.

Both lunar terrain vehicle contracts fall under NASA’s Artemis campaign.

NASA integrated Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket at NASA Wallops.

LINK is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll by the end of June.

LINK will rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and attempt an orbital boost to raise Swift’s orbit.

NASA says Swift must remain at least 300 kilometers above Earth to increase the chances of a successful orbital boost.

NASA’s LINK spacecraft has undergone environmental testing at NASA Goddard and uses three ion thrusters, about 60 kilograms of xenon, and solar panels about 6 meters long each.

Meticulous Research estimates the global in-orbit servicing market at $2.4 billion in 2026 and $9.8 billion by 2036, with a 15.1% CAGR.

Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions provides SAR radar imagery for Germany's military.

The image associated with Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions shows constellr, LiveEO, OroraTech, and Reflex Aerospace as partners or participants.

Rheinmetall and Iceye have a joint venture called Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions.

Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions is integrating capabilities for intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance applications.

Airbus has formed an ISR group with Rohde & Schwarz.

SpaceX's Connectivity segment generated $11.4 billion in revenue and $4.4 billion in operating income in 2025.

SpaceX's newer operations in Bastrop, Texas, will produce its artificial intelligence compute satellites.

Amazon's Project Kuiper facility in Kirkland, Washington is ramping up to produce tens of satellites per week.

SpaceX's Redmond, Washington satellite manufacturing facility produced an average of 70 Starlink satellites per week between December 2025 and April 2026.

SpaceX plans to use capital from the IPO to fully operationalize its heavy-lift Starship mega-rocket.

The Redmond facility's output equates to an annual production rate of more than 3,600 spacecraft.

Portal Space Systems is a Bothell-based venture developing highly maneuverable spacecraft for inspecting, servicing, or deorbiting satellites.

SpaceX's Connectivity segment accounted for roughly 61% of the company's total $18.7 billion revenue in 2025.

More than $1.6 billion in venture capital has flowed into Washington space startups over the past 18 months.

SpaceX's projected valuation is $1.77 trillion after the IPO.

SpaceX is preparing to debut on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker SPCX.

Gravitics is a Bellevue-based startup that is building scalable space station modules.

SpaceX's initial public offering is valued at $75 billion.

Starcloud is a Redmond-based startup aiming to launch a constellation of orbital edge-computing data center satellites.

Nine TJSW spacecraft were deployed in 2025 as part of an expansion of the communications technology demonstration fleet.

The Long March 5 uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in its first and second stages and rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen in its four boosters.