NASA books PROMISE a ride in Moon Base plan update, NASASpaceFlight reports

This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Sunday, November 8, 2026.

Space stocks and money

In the trading session of Friday, November 6, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks rose 7.8 percent, with 27 companies up and 7 down. The largest gain was Firefly Aerospace, up 36.8 percent, and the largest decline was Synspective, down 8.9 percent. Parallax Space raised $250,000, according to SEC EDGAR Form D.

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Sources: SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SEC EDGAR Form D

NASA Moon Base plan

NASASpaceFlight reported that, as part of a wide-ranging update, NASA has booked PROMISE a ride, under the headline “NASA’s Moon Base plan gains a PROMISE”. 4 outlets covered the story in the last 24 hours.

Sources: NASASpaceFlight

Pakistani astronaut on Shenzhou 24

Chinese state media reported that a Pakistani astronaut will fly on Shenzhou 24. According to that reporting, he would be the first foreign national to board China's space station.