Lunar Outpost LTV Moon Rover Artemis
NASA selected Lunar Outpost for a roughly $220 million task order in May 2026 to build and deliver its Pegasus Lunar Terrain Vehicle by 2028, giving Artemis crews their first dedicated surface transport since the Apollo era. The Colorado company leads the effort with partners that include General Motors for the electric drivetrain and batteries, Goodyear for the wheels, and Leidos for systems work. An earlier, larger Eagle concept from the same team showed what a full-size lunar truck could do, but Pegasus trims the design so it fits tighter mass limits while still carrying two suited astronauts side by side.

Sony WH-CH720N Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones
Sony WH-CH720N headphones, priced at $88 (was $180), tend to slip past attention in a market full of flashy flagships, yet they quietly cover the basics for anyone after a pair that simply works without demanding a premium outlay. Released a while back as a step up from earlier budget models in the CH line, they sit well below the WH-1000XM series while sharing some of the same processing ideas.

JAXA Japan MMX Mission Phobos Launch
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, known as MMX, lifted off from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at Tanegashima Space Center in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time, riding Japan’s H3 rocket on its tenth flight. The vehicle, in its most powerful H3-24L configuration with four solid boosters, left the pad at 4:41 a.m. Japan Standard Time on October 20, which corresponds to 19:41 UTC on October 19.

Adam Savage Lorne Peterson Classic Star Wars Ships
Adam Savage sits down with Lorne Peterson, one of the original model makers hired at Industrial Light and Magic in 1975, and the conversation quickly turns to the practical choices that gave the ships their worn, functional look. Peterson shows off a rare Darth Vader service award he received after forty years with the company, then explains how he and a friend arrived for their interview carrying a dusty Kennedy toolbox instead of the cardboard boxes most freelancers used.