Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations

Published on April 8, 2026
Illustration of the Orbital Reef space station. Credit: Blue Origin

NASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate efforts to replace the aging International Space Station. Nearly nine months later, that push appears to have slowed.In a directive signed at the end of July, the agency’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy sought changes to the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations, or CLD, program, aimed at speeding […]

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