NASA provided another update on the Moon Base project this weekend in conjunction with the MAX POWER airshow at Kennedy Space Center. Billions of dollars were awarded or soon will be for cargo landers, a nuclear-powered lunar rover, launch and transportation, as well as architecture and infrastructure capabilities. Although the agency is full steam ahead on Moon Base plans, the three CLPS missions expected to launch this year have all slipped to 2027 and hopes for another 10 in 2027 will wait until 2028.

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Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of November 8-14, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session this week.

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Alexander MacDonald is the new President of the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian-born MacDonald was NASA’s Chief Economist until December 2024.

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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered this morning, bringing the 22-year-old mission to an end.

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President Trump issued a space proclamation yesterday. “The American Declaration of Freedom in Space” pledges that the United States will lead the exploration, development, use, and settlement of new frontiers throughout the solar system and beyond.

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Democratic victories in yesterday’s midterm elections are being touted not as a “Blue wave,” but a “Blue tsunami” as votes are counted throughout the country. The final tally is not in as of Wednesday morning at 8:00 am ET, but the Associated Press is projecting Democrats will have at least 54 seats in the Senate and 228 in the House, putting them in charge when the 120th Congress begins on January 3. Republicans remain in control of both chambers until then and will have to decide which legislative priorities to try and pass during these next two months.

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Democratic victories in yesterday’s midterm elections are being touted not as a “Blue wave,” but a “Blue tsunami” as votes are counted throughout the country. The final tally is not in as of Wednesday morning at 8:00 am ET, but the Associated Press is projecting Democrats will have at least 54 seats in the Senate and 228 in the House, putting them in charge when the 120th Congress begins on January 3. Republicans remain in control of both chambers until then and will have to decide which legislative priorities to try and pass during these next two months.

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China is sharing more information about how it plans to land taikonauts on the Moon by 2030. Development of the Long March-10 rocket, Mengzhou crew spacecraft, and Lanyue lunar lander have been underway for some time, but how they expect to execute the landing is just being shared now.

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Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of November 1-8, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess, except for pro forma sessions, until after the midterm elections.

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Government spending on civil space activities is more than just NASA. A new Aerospace Corporation report details the $42.6 billion allocated for civil space in FY2026 and compares it to FY2025 and the still-pending request for FY2027. NASA is the largest share, but only 55 percent of the total. Overall, the report characterizes the civil space budget as going through tumultuous times with the White House and Congress out of sync and the FY2027 outcome uncertain.

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