•President Trump awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
•Artemis II completes a historic far-side lunar flyby, coming within about 4,067 miles of the Moon, as Trump touts plans for a nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship.
•Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te marks the 68th anniversary of the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis, vowing 'peace through strength' and pledging increased defense spending.
•Taiwan's parliament advances a six-year, NT$210 billion ($7.6 billion) plan to rapidly expand its drone fleet to deter China, though opposition parties push for annual budgets and oversight changes.
•Gatik secures a $200 million Series D led by the Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies to scale driverless middle-mile freight delivery for retailers like Walmart and PepsiCo.
•Hyundai plans to launch an Ioniq 5-based robotaxi in partnership with Waymo this year as part of a broader push into autonomous and software-defined vehicles.